Vasudha Joshi
Directing
Biography
Born in 1957. Finished B.A. (Hons) Sociology, Miranda House, Univ. of Delhi, Diploma in Contemporary Cultural Studies, Univ. of London, and M. Sc. Sociology of Education, Univ. of London. Worked as a reporter and researcher for documentaries, Bandung Productions, London. Joined PTI-TV, Delhi as a freelance correspondent directing reports from Eastern India. In 1988 she set up Vector Productions, in partnership with Ranjan Palit to produce documentaries. Her works include: Voices from Baliapal' (co-director, 1988), The World's Largest Democracy (1989), Follow the Rainbow (1991), Mahila Samakhya, Banda-a report, Sasha (1994), A Report on Mahila Samakhya, UP (awarded Silver Conch, Mumbai International Film Festival, 1996), and Changing Dimensions (1998
Known For
Set in the Himalayan districts of Kumaon and Garhwal, the film explores the lives of three generations of women, ending with the fourth, a small girl on the threshold of growing up.
For Maya
"This is our land, our sea... we will die rather than lose this place” was the cry raised by 70,000 people in Baliapal when the government announced their decision to locate a missile testing range there in August 1984. Since then a remarkable non-violent struggle is in its fourth year...
Voices from Baliapal
An exploration of blues notes in folk music across India.
Songlines
A film on the filmmaker’s brush with cancer, and the fears and dilemmas on what course of treatment to follow. Through music, there are musings on love, death and memory.
Cancer Katha
A cinematic document of the Dussehra festival in the Himalayan town of Almora in Uttaranachal.
Almoriana
film by vasudha joshi