OTHER FILMS
Commitment
The research film Commitment shows the organisation of an Indian Gujarati diaspora event in the U.S.A., the Vohra Families Reunion. Distributed only within the networks of the Vohra Association of North America, 18 minutes (2020).
Roads
On a highway in Nepal, during a research excursion of the ERC Research Project 'Roads and the Politics of Thought' in June 2016, I made film recordings of the excursion and its participants from SOAS London, the University of Edinburgh, and CAMP, Mumbai. A selection of the footage can be found here: https://pad.ma/IHD/player/00:00:01.077
MONASTERY
This research film about the daily life in a catholic monastery (Zusters Augustinessen van Sint Monica) in Utrecht was a product of the course 'ethnocinematography' at Leiden University, taught by Dirk Nijland, Metje Postma, and Steef Meijknecht. Recorded on VHS, 2000 (30 minutes).
MENS EN VOUWMACHINE
This process film about the work routine of a factory labourer in Diemen was part of a film elicitation project during the course 'ethnocinematography’ at Leiden University, taught by Dirk Nijland, Metje Postma, and Steef Meijknecht. Co-directed with Gezina Oorthuys, recorded on VHS, 1999 (10 minutes).
A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD
For this documentary I assisted director Joris Zee as a boom operator/sound person. The film shows the last summer tour of Circus Royal. Screened at Beeld voor Beeld and Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, 2002 (30 minutes).
DIVALI: FEEST VAN LICHT
In a television report on the Diwali festival in the Netherlands, directed by Job Groenewegen, I interviewed young people from different religious backgrounds about their Diwali celebrations: Sanatan Dharm, Arya Samaj, Hare Krishna, Tamils, Sikhs. Organisatie Hindoe Media (OHM), broadcasted on NL 1, 2002 (30 minutes).
