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Eco India: Anil Mistry - poacher turned conservationist promotes alternate livelihoods
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Directed for a story in Scroll's 'Eco India series' on the Anil Mistry who is promoting alternate livelihood
Client: Scroll.in & DW
Direction: Anirban Dutta Gupta
Camera: Rupam Majumdar
Drone: Suman Pal
Format: HD PAL
Duration: 14 Min
Date: 2021
Eco India is an online environmental video magazine curated by Scroll.in and DW. I directed the short documentary on Anil Mistry, an ex-poacher who had a change of heart and has become an conservationist fighting to save the mangrove forests of Sundarbans and the myriad wildlife that live in it. Along the way, he along with his NGO has introduced various supplementary livelihood options which has helped the villagers be less reliant on venturing into the forest for sustenance.

Boat moving through Sundarbans

The Sundarbans

The Sundarbans

Anil Mistry waiting for his boat

Going out to collect seeds

On the boat

Mangroves

Collecting seeds

Collecting seeds

Sundarban villages

Sundarban villages

Once seeds have been collected

Village women taking up alternative livelihood

Village women taking up alternative livelihood

Fishing
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