Recently, I accompanied investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson and Business India journalist Siddarth Philip to the Vidarbha region of central India. Over the last decade, approximately 200,000 cotton farmers have committed suicide in this region. An epidemic which goes unnoticed, this photo series chronicles our findings.

Basanta Das, originally uploaded by Angshuman Ghosh.

Before heading to the Himalayas, let me take you to Kenduli, where each year, thousands of Bauls come to celebrate their faith and their music.

Currently trickling in…

View the photos on Flickr. Click on the image to take you there.

New and old projects in 2009. Worked on an short narrative animation piece by some friends in Mumbai and Kolkata. More Bengal Stories coming sometime soon (vague, but not for long).

Meanwhile. Travelling with a friend through Northeast India, specifically in Sikkim. Look for pictures here from this trip (Feb), as well as new pictures! Attending Joydeb Mela (Festival) in Kenduli, Birbhum.

After completing my residency program with the Tribeca Film Institute’s Tribeca Teaches Youth Program, a few students, Jane Rosenthal (co-founder Tribeca Film Festival) and I were invited onto The Today Show to discuss the experience of working on documentary films. The Today Show is a nationally syndicated morning show on NBC. The five minute segment was shot live at Rockefeller Center in May 2008.

Click here to view the segment. OR click here to view my post on the Tribeca Teaches Program.

Pitchfork media just came out with a list of its top 40 videos for 2008. Efterklang’s Cutting Ice To Snow made that list along with videos for Bjork, Beyonce and Arcade Fire. We ranked very high on that list!

Click here to see them.

I am very proud to report that the award winning feature documentary, “In A Dream” directed by Jeremiah Zagar has been shortlisted for an Academy Award for 2009. I had the honour of working on this film for 7 months, 6 days a week, over 10 hours a day and can honestly say that I never got bored or stressed, and am truly humbled to have been a part of it. Nominations are announced late January 2009 – let’s keep our fingers crossed!

In A Dream Official Website

Herzliya Films Website

Shot in June 2008, ‘Invisible Men’ directed by Angela Tucker (Arts Engine Inc./BigMouth Films) are two shorts about Gregory and Andrew, two formerly homeless men from New York sharing their life stories. I shot it on Super8mm film in East New York and Brooklyn in an experimental narrative format. The projects are a part of Black Public Media’s Masculinity Project, funded by the Ford Foundation.

Click here for Andrew’s Story.

Click here for Gregory’s Story.

NOTE: The links will open in a new window. Enjoy!

“Wait For Me” is a short teaser documentary from Academy Award Winner Ross Kauffman (Born Into Brothels, 2004). The short premiered at the New York Film Festival’s centerpiece as an introduction to Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling.” I was honored to provide footage from India.

Directed by Ross Kauffman, Co-Director and Edited: Jeremiah Zagar, Produced by Jeremy Yaches, Angela Tucker and Emma Mankey Hidem, Director of Photography: Erik Messerschmidt.

Visit Red Light Films Link for More Information.

Siblings, originally uploaded by Angshuman Ghosh.

Pictures from Photo Collection.