3rd i SFISAFF: Farming the Revolution

Q&A with director Nishtha Jain!

Nishtha Jain’s “best international feature documentary” winner at Hot Docs takes us to the heart of the massive year-long protests against the Indian government’s exploitative farm laws during the COVID lockdown. Young Punjabi farmer Gurbaz rides his tractor 400 km, joining over half a million protesters—men and women from all generations, religions, classes, and castes—reinventing coexistence at massive protest sites on the borders of Delhi. The film invites us to experience the indomitable spirit of this historic farmers’ movement—until, finally, victory!