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We Utopians: A Duology of Documentaries

  • Human rights
  • Grassroot Activism
  • Education in Kenya
  • Genocide in Iraq
  • Short Documentaries
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
Mr. Savyasachi Anju Prabir
We Utopians is a graduation project comprising two short documentary films (8–10 minutes each) that illuminate grassroots activism as a human-rights practice. Pages in the Ghetto follows Anto Neosoul in Nairobi, Kenya, and his JazzA Library & Arts Hub, a shipping-container library that provides children access to books, debate, and creative practice. The film highlights Anto’s personal history, the library’s transformation, and the day-to-day labor of sustaining a grassroots project under resource constraints. Passing through Home focuses on Ronny Saeed in Sinjar, Iraq, a Yazidi survivor-advocate whose legal and cultural work advances recognition and justice for survivors. The film moves between memory, research, and ongoing advocacy, prioritizing consent, care, and dignity in its observational framing. Together, the duology explores how small, consistent acts, whether running a library or documenting testimony, translate into powerful human-rights practices, emphasizing the dignity and resilience of the communities they serve.
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
Profile
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
B.Des.
Mr. Savyasachi Anju Prabir
We Utopians: A Duology of Documentaries
We Utopians is a graduation project comprising two short documentary films (8–10 minutes each) that illuminate grassroots activism as a human-rights practice. Pages in the Ghetto follows Anto Neosoul in Nairobi, Kenya, and his JazzA Library & Arts Hub, a shipping-container library that provides children access to books, debate, and creative practice. The film highlights Anto’s personal history, the library’s transformation, and the day-to-day labor of sustaining a grassroots project under resource constraints. Passing through Home focuses on Ronny Saeed in Sinjar, Iraq, a Yazidi survivor-advocate whose legal and cultural work advances recognition and justice for survivors. The film moves between memory, research, and ongoing advocacy, prioritizing consent, care, and dignity in its observational framing. Together, the duology explores how small, consistent acts, whether running a library or documenting testimony, translate into powerful human-rights practices, emphasizing the dignity and resilience of the communities they serve.
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL
SARANYA MANISH JAISWAL