Colouring the Narrative
This series of 3 films, 2 minutes in length, focus on characters that tell real stories about how colourism has impacted their lives and well-being (both physically and mentally). Each highlight how they are now a conduit for change.
- Shistu, a doctor joins activists to fight for change after seeing women being burned to death for being too dark-skinned.
- Birma was led to believe that she would never succeed or deserved happiness in life because of her dark skin. She becomes a successful lawyer to combat colourism so it does not affect the mental well being of other young adults.
- Raagam has been convinced by media that having lighter skin tone increases your chances of finding a suitable partner and career paths. He becomes a community health advocator to raise awareness about the toxicity of skin lightening products.
We worked with Medical Aid Films in collaboration with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, STRIPED and the Boston Children’s hospital. These films have been embedded into an e-course delivered to health professionals in India who have the ability to help young adults facing these issues.
“It has been a privilege to draw on the expertise of world-leading academics and a wonderful creative team to realise this project. On many of my visits to the childrens’ centres run by Bachpan Bachao Andolan – India, I remember being struck by the incredible resilience of these children; by their capacity to find some resemblance of childhood in the face of adversity the likes of which most of us will never experience in our lifetimes. Post-traumatic stress and the long lasting emotional impacts on children of human trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery are still under-researched and under-emphasised, and it is my hope that these videos provide a contribution to the outstanding work already being done by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation to rid the world of child labour for good, while supporting victims to forge paths for reintegration.” – Vinni Bhandari
Incredibly proud of the opportunity to work with world-leading academics HarvardSTRIPED, experts and creatives Medical Aid Films in Boston, Mumbai and London to realise this important cause and the film project. – Vinni Bhandari
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