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Lina Fruzzetti

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For generations the Patua (Chitrakar) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. Recently a group of women from Naya village near Calcutta, have formed a scroll painters' cooperative. The film follows their daily lives as they paint, sing, cook, tend to their children and meet with the cooperative. They discuss the problems and rewards of practicing their art, and speak freely about the social, religious, and political changes in the village and the world beyond. Their wisdom, artistry, and good humor amidst many difficulties illuminate the lives around them.
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Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya (2005)
Lina Fruzzetti is known for Seed and Earth (1994), In My Mother's House (2017) and Khalfan and Zanzibar (1999).
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    • Known for

    Seed and Earth
    • Director
    • 1994
    In My Mother's House (2017)
    In My Mother's House
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2017
    Khalfan and Zanzibar
    Short
    • Director
    • 1999
    Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya
    Short
    • Director
    • 2005

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    Director

    • In My Mother's House (2017)
      In My Mother's House
      6.4
      • co-director
      • 2017
    • Songs of a Sorrowful Man
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Fishers of Dar
      Short
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Khalfan and Zanzibar
      Short
      • co-director
      • 1999
    • Seed and Earth
      • Director
      • 1994

    Producer

    • In My Mother's House (2017)
      In My Mother's House
      6.4
      • co-producer
      • 2017
    • Songs of a Sorrowful Man
      Short
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya
      Short
      • producer
      • 2005
    • Fishers of Dar
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2001
    • Khalfan and Zanzibar
      Short
      • producer
      • 1999
    • Seed and Earth
      • producer
      • 1994

    Sound Department

    • Songs of a Sorrowful Man
      Short
      • boom operator
      • 2009
    • Khalfan and Zanzibar
      Short
      • sound recordist
      • 1999
    • Seed and Earth
      • sound recordist
      • 1994

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