Sourav Sarangi, an Indian filmmaker, was awarded a $5,000 grant for his project Fair-Home Fairy-Tales

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Rachael Macbean (78, Christian) lives in Kolkata with Abdul (65, Muslim), her foster son. Her mind wanders to Maymyo, an idyllic hill town in Burma (Myanmar) where her mother Fenella lived in the 1940s. To escape the Japanese invasion during WWII, Fenella’s family trekked 600 miles through bombed cities and the perilous Hukawng valley. Only miracles helped them reach India. 70 years later, in a rented workshop crammed with puppets and pets, Rachael uses theater and puppetry to tell her unknown family story, one shared by millions, across many borders, even today.