Documentary Filmmaking 

Kali Yuga Chants follows “Uncle” and “Aunty” and the 35 children they’re raising in a makeshift foster family in India. Shot over ten years, the film chronicles the kids’ transformation from begging and picking through garbage, to learning meditation and math, karate and culinary arts. Raised with a mix of cultures and spiritual practices, but rooted in Hinduism, the kids become expert chanters of ancient Vedic mantras, which helps them to break free from the caste and gender stigma of their births, but still brings backlash from established elites. As the whole group struggles to build a permanent home, external and internal complications threaten the “family”, while raising questions central to the human condition.

Kali Yuga Chants was recently completed, and premiered at The Vermont International Film Festival, and was featured in this article. It was also accepted at:

• The Rishikesh International Film Festival (India)

• The Yala International Film Festival (Nepal)

• The Montreal Independent Film Festival (Canada)

• Arizona Sunburn Festival

• Varese International Film Festival (Italy)

• The Hermetic International Film Festival (Italy).

• Prague International Film Awards (Finalist).

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