IDFA Bertha Fund 2010
Are You Listening!
Shunte Ki Pao
Kamar Ahmad Simon
Bangladesh
When rain comes to dyke, village women rush to collect fresh water… but with the fresh breeze coming in, RAKHI (27) takes her refuge in rain! Since a tidal surge hit the coastal belts of Bangladesh, RAKHI lives with a million on an age-old dyke. Are You Listening! is about RAKHI’s hope of a future for her son; it's about her jobless husband’s frustration, and a community’s struggle to get back the land they have lost. Seasons change topography, even relations… Yet, after the rain... They go out with spades and shovels to reclaim the life again, Are You Listening!