River Movies

Habibur Rahman’s The River of Partition (Ichamati, 2023) documents this riverine environment, the diverse communities that live around it, and...

During the 1947 partition of Bengal, a man and a woman cross a river to begin life anew. Their journey manifests many roles against the backdrop of...

A brief glimpse of Manhattan's skin. Music by Michael Gordon.

Transposing Mark Twain's immortal anti-racist novel to 2017, "Huckleberry Finn: A Close Place" depicts the friendship that develops between a poor...

Set in Nagaland, the film hopes to find resonance in other geo-political locations of the world where people living on the margins are challenged by...

The best workers from various factories in the communist system are rewarded a cruise on the Danube. The people in charge fight for bureaucratic...

This 2015 documentary about the history behind the Sabinal Canyon in Texas. The story starts in the Hill Country where Cap. William Ware was given...

A reflection on loss and nature’s quiet observance in a small nook of the Ozarks. 

Living by a river, a father and son make their living by fishing every day. The little boy, Ca, contracts a serious illness. The treatment is very...

A documentary that reveals California's complex struggle over who gets fresh water, and how moneyed interests game the system. Constant battling over...

The river Yamuna, known to the locals as 'Jamna', the lifeline of Delhi, is going through a major crisis due to pollution, mismanagement and sheer...

Pepedrilo and his peculiar connection with nature are embodied by the care and protection of a crocodile sanctuary, whose stability is put in danger...

A short documentary that captures the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, The Yellow Bank takes you on a contemplative boat ride across...