DER Filmmaker

Gautam Sonti

Gautam Sonti is a freelance documentary filmmaker who does his own camerawork and editing. He is interested in visual ethnographies of the powerful - of people in private corporations, government offices and institutions of science and technology. He is currently working on a film about the rapid changes Indian cities are going through; at the people who are pushing for these changes, and at their attitudes, motivations and ideas of Utopia.

Films:
Coding Culture (2006): Work culture in Bangalore-based software companies.
Young Scientists (2004): Misconceptions about science amongst children.
Little Republics (2003): Misappropriation of power from elected representatives.
Disability and Discrimination (2001): Medicalisation and politics of disability.

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