The DVD with special features includes the award-winning film
a DROP of LIFE, Theatrical Trailer, Director's
Commentary, and Activist Tool Kit. By purchasing this DVD, you
are supporting the possibility of making a difference.
 
About Shalini Kantayya
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Gbenga Akinnagbe stars in RED
Jamati Online |
August 19, 2008 |
| Talented
filmmaker Shalini Kantayya packs an important message
into her short film RED, which she directed and co-edited... read
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Cause Celebre
The Indian Express |
July 13, 2008 |
| When Steven Spielberg threw open the hunt for
a filmmaker through the Fox reality show On The Lot
last year, Shalini Kantayya was in. As film junkies across
the world watched, Kantayya survived week after snarky week... read
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Film Contest to Explore Hope
Evidence of Humanity | June 20, 2008
Reprinted with permission |
| Shalini Kantayya has been selected as one of
the top 15 highest-scoring finalists from round one of The
Doorpost Film Project... read
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New Indian on the Hollywood Block
Mail Today |
April 05, 2008 |
| "HI. It's fabulous to hear an Indian voice the first thing in the morning," Brooklyn-based Shalini Kantayya chirps at the other end of the line when we contact her from Mumbai... read more |
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Water
Wars
Pasadena Weekly |
March 20, 2008
By Jana J. Monji |
| If you are a green-conscious filmmaker but don't have the big bucks of
Leonardo DiCaprio or the political clout of Al Gore to get your project
green-lighted, why not enter the Intelligent Use of Water short film competition?... read more |
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The Woman with a Movie Camera
World Pulse Magazine |
January, 2008
By Alissa Bohling |
| World Pulse: As a grassroots artist-activist, how do you ensure that your message retains its integrity as your work enters mainstream media? Shalini Kantayya: That's an interesting question... read more |
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Laughing Out Loud
EGO Magazine |
August 17, 2007 |
| Outrageously hilarious international sensation Vidur Kapur, will be performing live at Gotham Comedy Club. 208 W. 23rd Street bet. 7th and 8th Ave, NYC 212.367.9000 $15 + 2 Drink Min... read more |
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Shalini in Spielberg's race
Rediff News |
June 6, 2007 |
She describes herself as 'a techhead, a tree-hugger and a humanist', but right now it's her work behind the lens that's getting Shalini Kantayya noticed. The 30-year-old freelance director from... read more
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Film or Die!
EGO Magazine |
August 30, 2006
By Azra Dawood |
| You need not read any further if you are already familiar with this multi-hyphenated term: ‘multi-racial multi-cultural eco-supershero action figures’. If you haven’t heard of it before, it’s probably because you are... read more |
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10 Questions: Shalini Kantayya
Outlook India |
July 17, 2007
By Raghu Karnad |
| Shalini Kantayya is a filmmaker. She was picked by Steven Spielberg to be a contestant on the reality show On The Lot. How much a part of your identity as a filmmaker is being an activist? My love for filmmaking is.... read more |
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Using Film To Change The World
Have Fun, Do Good |
October 12, 2007
By Britt Bravo |
| Sixty years ago, very few people would have seen the connection between peace and hydrology, but today that connection is clear to the foresighted. If we do not deal with the water problems on a global scale, I... read more |
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To Hell and Back
The Statesman |
September 09, 2006
By Mathures Paul |
| For a filmmaker life is filled with trials and tribulations. Shalini Kantayya uses film/video as a tool to educate, inspire, and empower audiences. She recieved a Fullbright Fellowship to make a documentary film... read more |
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Director's Uncut
The Hartford Courant |
June 05, 2007
By Roger Catlin |
| Connecticut native Shalini Kantayya is among the 15 film makers remaining in the network reality competition "On The Lot" which seeks new directors. Kantayya, 30, a 1994 graduate of South Windsor high has... read more |
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Riding on a New Wave
Hindustan Times |
October 30, 2006
By Sushmita Bose |
| She says she is into ayurvedic nutrition, shaken it, cocontu cutney, saving planet earth, and that she eats, drinks, and sleeps movies. William D. Fullbright scholar, Shalini Kantayya probably also loves... read more |
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Shooting for a cause
The Hindu |
Feburary 01, 2003
By Preethi Chandrasekar |
| A media workshop for activists is bound to be an animated one! And so was the one got up for a bunch of human rights activists from People Watch an NGO, who learnt how to be the best shoot, edit and document... read more |
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Alot at Stake
India New England |
July 01, 2007
By Meera Rajopalan |
| When Connecticut native Shalini Kantayya first told her friend and business consultant Michelle Yozzo Drake that she was participating in a reality show for a film director, Drake says she remembers telling her "Of... read more |
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A Drop of Life
The Bleeping Herald |
November 01, 2007
By Cate Montana |
| When award winning filmmaker Shalini Kantayya wrote A Drop of Life, she didn’t realize the terrifying, futuristic corporate-owned water supply system she had imagined was already a reality in several countries... read more |
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Shalini is On The Lot
Nirali Magazine |
May 29, 2007
By Priya Patel
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| You need not read any further if you are already familiar with this multi-hyphenated term: ‘multi-racial multi-cultural eco-supershero action figures’. If you haven’t heard of it before, it’s probably because you are... read more |
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Into the Next Stage
Manna Newsletter |
November 2007
By Guy Aoki |
| "On the Lot" Fox's reality show about 50 directors (choosen from 12,000 submissions) aired its finale this past Tuesday with Will Bigham named the winner of $million development deal with Dreamworks Pictures... read more |
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A Drop of Life - Film
Evidence of Humanity |
November 24, 2007
Reprinted with permission |
| Filmmaker, director, and activist Shalini Kantayya directed the film A Drop of Life. Shalini believes in making films that spark positive social change. The mission of her production company, 7th Empire Media, is to... read more |
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Changing The Story
Bioneers Yearbook |
2005
By Bioneers Staff |
| Filmmaker, educator, and activist Shalini Kantayya uses film and video to educate, inspire, and empower audiences. A first generation Indian American, she has been making films for almost a decade... read more |
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Featured Artists: Shalini Kantayya
Discover India |
November 18, 2007
By Discover India Staff Writers |
| Filmmaker, educator, and activist Shalini Kantayya uses film and video to educate, inspire, and empower audiences. Shalini believes in making films to spark social change. The mission of her production company... read more |
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MFA Students Represent City College at CUNYarts
MFA Chronicle |
Spring 2003
By MFA Chronicle Staff Writer
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| The film work of Shalini Kantayya and Gisela Sanders will be shown at CUNYarts, a gala evening of film, ficiton, poetry, and video created by several CUNY campuses.Shalini's short film One Stuggle, is a ... read more |
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On the Lot Episode 5 Recap
DingoRue |
June 06, 2007
By Soultrance |
| Welcome to the On The Lot Episode 5 recap. Tonight's episode is the first in the series since Fox television trimmed the shows schedule down to a single 1-hour episode every Tuesday night. So, with that... read more |
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