One Seed At A Time

Kavita Carneiro / Short Documentary / Nepal / Marathi / 15:43 / 2024

This is a story of 4 women from the agriculturally distressed regions of Maharashtra, India. They are from communities who have always been living on the margins of society. 

Caste and patriarchy have not only limited but defined the women’s existence. But now, through new farming practices based on agroecology, they are challenging these rigid structures of society. Their efforts on the field are bringing new social equity. The film is about this silent revolution that has the power to break down the age-old practices of exploitation and discrimination.

Cast & Crew:

Featuring:

  • Dwarka Waghmare 
  • Sanjeevani Salve
  • Neelima Renghe
  • Chanda Ghodam

Crew:

  • Director: Kavita Carneiro
  • Executive Producers: Swati Satpute & Seema Kulkarni
  • Director of Photography: Shamin Kulkarni
  • Editor: Shivajee Biswanath
  • Sound Recordist: Umakant Jagtap
  • Aerial Photography: Prathamesh Avasare
  • Camera Assistants: Mahesh Rane & Ankit Singh
  • Colourist: Shamin Kulkarni
  • Sound Design & Mix : Rahul Rabha
  • Trailer Editor: Pranav Patil

Director’s Bio

Kavita Carneiro is an independent documentary filmmaker based out of Pune. She has been making social impact films for the past 15 years. Films with themes of climate resilience, sustainable practices, social justice, inequality, women empowerment, identity & belonging, labour and craft. Over the years she has made films for organisations like TDH – Germany, Dasra, ISB – Hyderabad, SWaCH, SOPPECOM & KEM Hospital, Pune.

She released her feature documentary in 2017,  Zaffar & Tudu – an inspiring film about the personal and sporting lives of two Rugby players from Kolkata. Themed on identity and belonging, the film is shot in Afghanistan, England, Dubai and rural West Bengal and Jharkhand.