A $5,000 grant is awarded to an Indian filmmaker, Nishta Jain, for her project The Golden Thread

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Golden Thread is a journey to the antiquated jute textile industry along the river Hooghly at the outskirts of Kolkata. Time came to a stand-still here a long time ago. Century-old factories still function, even as their counterparts in the west shut down half a century ago with the arrival of plastic fibres. History resides in every nook and corner –in the rusted jetties; brick chimneys that sprout trees; mossy walls with thick layers of trade union posters reminiscent of a time when labour still had a say in the running of the factories; last but not the least in the faces and bodies of the workers that have toil and strife embedded on them.