Synopsis for the Film
Film: A Hole in the Bucket
Country: India
Director: Leena Manimekalai
Duration: 35 min
Category: People Speak Out
Three stories over three days. Three stories around water. Three very fundamental stories about water and life that though set in Chennai, are being played endlessly, all across the nation and even the world. Day one documents the struggles of a marginalized community, living on a beach but unable to procure water for the most basic of needs and plagued by the lack of sanitation. Day two is the tale of a farmer turned water seller as he plys his trade across the city. The third is a document of the largest residential complex in the city where water is abundant and therefore, wasted and taken for granted.
Distinctions
Invitation Screening / Stockholm International Water Film Festival July 2007
Invitation Screening / Madurai Water and People National Film Festival August 2007
More Details
Leena Manimekalai is an engineering graduate turned film-maker. After training in the creative field under renowned film-makers like Bharatiraaja, Cheran and C. Jerrold and gathering extensive experience as a television producer and anchor, she directed several award-winning short-films and documentaries. She is also a much acclaimed theatre artist, writer, poet and editor of Thirai, an alternative Tamizh film monthly.
