S3|EP14 - Understanding Conservation Filmmaking with Rita Banerji

The Think Wildlife Podcast

In Episode 14, I am joined by one of India’s leading conservation filmmakers, Rita Banerji. She is the founder of Dusty Foot Productions and the Dusty Foot Foundation, through which Green Hub established in 2014. As An Ashoka Fellow, Rita is the winner of multiple Green Oscars for her films on wildlife and environment. Rita was inducted as an Ashoka Fellow for the Green Hub project in 2019. Through this project, she is supporting countless upcoming wildlife filmmakers and conservationists from North East India. I’m sure you will enjoy hearing about Rita’s amazing work.

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Meet the Host

Anish Banerjee: https://x.com/anishwildlife

Think Wildlife Foundation: https://thinkwildlifefoundation.com/

Meet the Guests

Rita Banerji: https://www.sanctuarynaturefoundation.org/award/rita-banerji

DustyFoot Productions: https://www.dustyfootindia.com/

DustyFoot Foundation: https://www.dustyfootfoundation.org/about-dff

Greenhub: https://www.greenhubindia.net/

Recommended Wildlife Conservation Books

Rewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery: https://amzn.to/3NGF2V5

Rewilding Africa: Restoring the Wilderness on a War-ravaged Continent by Grant Fowlds and Graham Spence: https://amzn.to/48rpX3d

Wilder: How Rewilding is Transforming Conservation and Changing the World: https://amzn.to/4hpHIEc

Rewilding the Sea by Charles Clover: https://amzn.to/3NGF2V5

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