Buru Sengal
(The Fire Within)

This documentary is a portrait of a painful transformation. The land of the Tana Bhagats, a peaceful sect of the Oraon tribe who follow a Gandhian lifestyle and philosophy, is today besieged by Naxalite violence. In tracing the impact of the underground Maoist guerillas, the film touches upon corruption, the mafia, energy politics and displacement of villages, and tribal identity in an area where coal has been mined for the last 150 years.

Best Film Award, XVIII Balck International Cinema, 2003.
Grand Jury Award, Film South Asia ’03.
Special Jury Mention, Earth-Vision Film Festival 2002
Film Festival in Asian Social Forum, 2003, Hyderabad
9th Energy Film Festival, Lausanne, 2003
Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, 2003

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Born in 1966, Shriprakash has directed several films and won awards at the Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, the Thunderbird Film Festival, USA, and Film South Asia, Kathmandu. Shriprakash is also chief coordinator of Kritika, an organization located in Ranchi that works in the field of culture and communications in India's Jharkhand region.