These films ask difficult questions about labor, faith, inheritance, gender, ecological precarity, and the fragile dignity of ordinary lives, without announcing those questions too loudly.
Baksho Bondi is a stark, socially conscious lament for a figure deeply embedded in the fabric of Indian life: the self-effacing mother and wife.
The five short films are tales of individuals who deal with the challenging lives of the marginalized, the vulnerable, the impoverished, the alienated, and the troubled.