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Sudipto Sanyal

Headshot of a brown-skinned man with dark hair and bushy beard bears a bright yellow blazer, a baby blue shirt and red-rimmed glasses.

Sudipto Sanyal is a writer in Bengaluru. His work has appeared in, among others, 1843, Mekong Review, and PopMatters. He has been trying to write apocalyptic fiction, but keeps getting stymied by apocalyptic fact.

Articles

Black and white shot of a large beam of light mushrooming following an atomic bomb
Atomic Light: How the Bomb Became Documentary
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Three white men look at a camera monitor.
“The Toll That Takes on Your Life”: Chris Smith Rejects Sports Documentary Label for Hit Surfing Docuseries ‘100 Foot Wave’
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On a sandy beach, two women film a mother and child.
Making a Production: NoCut Film Collective
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A large, dark theater screening “This Is Not a Film by Deng Nan-guang” with an experimental performance using drums and other instruments on the stage below the screen.
Taiwan Int’l Doc Festival 2024: Reuse, Reorient, and Remember
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Poster wall, with 10th Kolkata People's Film Festival printed in the top right corner.
Kolkata People’s Film Festival 2024: Precious Spaces
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Reggae legend and football fan Bob Marley, in dreadlocks and beard and wearing a dark jersey, dribbles a football. From ‘Legacy:Rhythm of the Game.’
Despite a Plutocrats' World Cup, The Beautiful Game Inspires Beautiful Docs
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Anand Patwardhan, an Indian man with long white hair, seated atop a van that is moving through the street, is filming 'Jai Bhim Comrade' (2011). Courtesy of Anand Patwardhan. Photo: Priyanka Borpujari
Anand Patwardhan Will Not Give Up Hope
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Black-and-white screengrab from a film produced by India's Films Division. It reads "Documentary Films of India Presents."
Saving India's History: Archive Merger Poses Numerous Problems
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A group of Indian children and adults are gathered together outside at night, watching a film from the People's Film Collective.
India's People's Film Collective and Its Fight to Keep Documentary Free and Independent
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