Still there are Seeds to be Gathered, and Room in the Bag of Stars

As Ursula Le Guin wrote, ‘Prior to the preeminence of sticks, swords and the Hero’s killing tools, our ancestors’ greatest invention was the container: the basket of wild oats, the medicine bundle, the net made of your own hair, the home, the shrine, the place that contains whatever is sacred. The recipient, the holder, the story. The bag of stars.’

Milann Tress John is a writer-director and cinematographer whose body of work explores the themes of transgender rights, ethnomusicology, Indian craft processes, indigenous folk art practices, and river ecosystems across India. Milann Tress John’s films have screened at festivals worldwide and have received several awards, including the ‘Best Sound Design in Documentaries’ for Notes from a Craftsman at the Indian Recording Arts Academy Awards, the ‘Long Film Commendation Award’ for The Little Princes of Rajasthan at the International Folk Film Festival, and the ‘Compass-Perspektive-Award’ at Berlinale. She was the cinematographer for Ladies Only, which was awarded the ‘Second Best Long Documentary’ at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala.

Join us as Milann shares her film process through excerpts from Notes from a Craftsman, a film she directed, shot, edited, and sound-designed, alongside Ladies Only, for which she was the cinematographer.

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