Debjani Mukherjee is an animation filmmaker, author, researcher and educator. She explores different art styles and experiments with stop-motion animation and picture books as a narrative medium. She is the co-founder of BOL - The Language of Children, a not-for-profit organisation which engages community youth with art, contributing towards community filmmaking and empowering them to share their own stories through the medium of art.

In this episode of Baatein LIVE, we will talk about Debjani’s journey with filmmaking, co-founding BOL - The Language of Children, and her experimental work with animation.

Follow Debjani Mukherjee @debi_bol 

Works https://debjanibol.myportfolio.com/work

Hosted by Dharini Padh @dharini_padh

Films and Visuals from the Session

3:33 - Dream of the Carpet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLLrCtOvpVw

10:01- Limbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNAQOtyPUzA

10:46 - Riding through the waves. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfjo14jlTUE

17:16 - Awakening of the Goddess (Trailer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4byfjFPi-8Q

13:44 - Dotted Lines - Her book with Bhuri Bai Bhil

https://books.katha.org/product/dotted-lines/

Timestamps

1:03 - NID Journey (especially experimental animation)?

3:33 - Introduction to Bol (Non profit organization- community filmmaking) and travel stories

10:04 - Projects in Myanmar

11:00 - Experience and takeaways :Phd in Indigenous art pedagogy  (IIT Bombay)

14:11 - About animated documentaries.

15:38 - Working with communities and takeaways from it

17:19 - Inclination towards documentary animation

17:44 - Making medium choices and working with people from diverse backgrounds

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