Inqilab Di Kheti

I went to see a protest film and returned with a gift -'Farming the Revolution' is a deeply affecting film about community of care, sharing and stoicism. This film is artistic, spectacular and profound - a rare feat in documentary. The film transports you to the big protest-cities that emerged at Delhi borders when thousands of farmers gathered in 2020-21 to protest the new agricultural ordinances that posed a threat to their livelihood. The farmers remained resolute on the highways for 13 months, through chilly winters, heatwaves and monsoons. Mind you, this was the covid period when Delhi and most of India was under a lockdown. I believe the protest could have been about anything, this film is about the people - their rootedness, their resourcefulness, their organisational capabilities, their belief that truth will always be victorious. Their sun-baked faces, and hands don't need words. The old women, for me were the most inspiring thing about this film. Our power does not always lie in our physical strength but in our determination.