Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Children of the Republic - Roam Free Films

 I met Ram at the Times Lit Fest, Bangalore, a year ago. He shared this link of a short film he'd made. I watched it today - found it captivating, very moving. When I spoke to Ram he told me he had been out looking for something else to shoot when this young ten-year old happened upon them, his mouth smeared with white stuff. It's just shot naturally, following the flow of how Santosh went about with his ways, his addiction. Ram followed him through his growing up years and the video takes you right till when he is 19 years and has hopes of a normal life.

Addictions are our guard against pain. It breaks your heart to see how everything is loaded against this kid and you hope despite knowing that it may not, that it ends well.

Good show Ram. Very well done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfuGQuznQg


This part is the missing part in this video - the whole journey.


You can get more information about Ram and Roam Free Films here https://www.roamfreefilms.com/


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