Farming The Revolution

The winner of this year's best international documentary at the world's most renowned documentary festival, Hot Docs, is a harrowing film about a democracy on its knees, but also about those who are trying to make a difference.

In November 2020, young farmer Gurbaz Sangha traveled 400 kilometers by tractor from his home in Punjab to the capital city of Delhi to protest against Prime Minister Modi's highly controversial agricultural laws. At the height of the Covid pandemic, he was joined by more than half a million farmers across all backgrounds, castes and geographies. The film clearly shows Modi's lack of respect for democracy, but it's also a poignant insight into how individuals standing together can make a difference when facing a powerful and unjust bureaucracy.

«Nishtha Jain’s absorbing documentary Farming the Revolution charts the march on Delhi, but also takes time to detail the experiences of the farmers, and outlines the politics and reaction to the march.»

– Mark Adams, Doc Europe –

Jon Sæter