White Knight (film) explained
White Knight |
Director: | Aarti Shrivastava |
Music: | Daniel Arlington, Tony Basumatary, Utkkarsh Dhotekar |
Editing: | Anjani K Singh, Siddhartha Bhakti, Vinayak Khapre, Daya Yadav |
Cinematography: | Madhav Salunkhe |
Producer: | Hari Om Entertainment |
Country: | India |
Language: | English |
Runtime: | 25.30 minutes |
White Knight is an Indian documentary film directed by Aarti Shrivastava. The subject is Chewang Norphel, a 78-year-old engineer in Leh, Ladakh, who, over the last 15 years, has invented and implemented a technology that is helping provide a solution to an ecological disaster created by climate change.[1]
The film documents how Ladakh is grappling with an alarming water scarcity situation. In this high altitude desert where the melting of glaciers has been the traditional source of fresh water, a warmer planet is playing havoc with lifestyles and the ecology. With glaciers melting faster, fresh water is precious. Norphel's solution uses common sense and elementary observational science to create artificial glaciers.[2]
Awards and recognitions
- Opening Film Water Doc Film Festival Canada [3]
- Official Selection Jaipur International Film Festival 2013 [4]
- Official Selection South Asian Film Festival Canada 2012[5]
- Official Selection Colorado Film Festival 2013 [6]
- Special Mention Women Deliver Cinema Corner Conference [7]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Akshay produces documentary on global warming. Times of India. 16 November 2015.
- Web site: Indian engineer 'builds' new glaciers to stop global warming. https://web.archive.org/web/20091031124640/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarming/6449982/Indian-engineer-builds-new-glaciers-to-stop-global-warming.html. dead. 31 October 2009. The Telegraph. 16 November 2015.
- Web site: Thursday, Day 1 | Ecologos . Ecologos.ca . 2013-08-13 . 2013-10-20.
- Web site: Welcome to Movie Land . Jiffindia.org . 2013-10-20.
- Web site: White Knight . Saffcanada.org . 1999-02-22 . 2013-10-20.
- Web site: Colorado Environmental Film Festival 2013 Program . Ceff.net . 2013-10-20.
- Web site: Updates ยป Women Deliver Announces Cinema Corner Finalists for Women Deliver 2013 . Women Deliver . 2013-03-08 . 2013-10-20.