Rabari: People of the Leopard

Director/Editor: Ashwin Gokhale
Cinematographer: Hoshedar Shroff
Producer: Vani Kaul
Location Sound Recordist: Navya Sah
Editor: Rachel Rouse
Drone Pilot: Vivek Sangwan
Pre-Production Supervisor:
Trisha Bhattacharya
Additional Footage:
Ashwin Gokhale, Vani Kaul
Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer/Foley Artist: Juliana Henao
Sound Effects Editor: José Martinez
Dialogue Editor: Newman Gann
Foley Recordist: Zoltan Monori
Illustrator: Chinmayee Bagade

Set in the Jawai-Bera area in western India, Rabari: People of the Leopard looks at the interdependency of the lives of a shepherd and his nephew and those of the leopards that frequent the area, through the prisms of economic migration, the cost of unwanted industrialization and the traditional belief systems.

This film was a part of my MFA thesis at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Official Selections:
2020 Living Lightly Film Festival, Bengaluru, India
2021 Austin Asian American Film Festival, Austin, TX
2021 Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, Chagrin Falls, OH
2021 Pune Short Film Festival, Pune, India
2021 Short.Sweet.Film.Fest, Cleveland, OH
2021 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, MT
2021 Film Southasia, Kathmandu, Nepal
2022 Jammu Film Festival, Jammu, India