Documentary Film Making on Tribal in India

Documentary Film Making on Tribal in India is a book that attempts to document the lives of the most vulnerable tribes of Madhya Pradesh. It also provides new knowledge about documentary films about these tribal groups to people all over the world. The authors have done significant research work in the field by visiting the actual places of residence of the tribal groups, and have extensively studied and interviewed various representatives from each tribe. As both authors come from the Management & Mass Communications stream, they bring a new perspective here. Until now, this has been the domain of sociologists and anthropologists, but a management & marketing communication perspective will help readers see things differently. The book is divided into six chapters. The first chapter, “Documentary and Understanding the Tribes,” introduces both the tribes and the documentary. It is primarily intended for those who are unfamiliar with tribal groups and what they mean by terms like “most vulnerable groups.” The chapter also introduces the meaning of documentary. Chapter two is about the reports, studies, and works done by other scholars in order to clarify what other scholars think about the present topic. The authors also have developed their own research based on the work done by other scholars. Chapters three and four are the crux of our book.  These chapters focus on the Tribal Documentary films and Documentary films on Most Vulnerable Tribal Groups In Madhya Pradesh (Baiga Bhariya and Sahariya) with Culture, living styles, and everything about the lives of these tribes. A comparative study will show that although all three groups are from the same location, many differences exist between them. For example, while some aspects of their daily lives are similar to one another—such as education and culture—others differ greatly: the way they worship, their houses and tattoos, Forest, agriculture, migration, education, culture, dance, their food preferences, etc. Chapter five addresses the challenges and opportunities connected with the making of documentaries about these tribes. The chapter is organized so that readers can understand the basic terms of promotion and making documentaries. Chapter 6 explores how we feel as researchers and makes some suggestions based on the four years we have spent working on this book. These suggestions can help the MVTGs to get what they want by not using the term “included in the mainstream.” So, we conclude that this book can be an effort to start the debate from a very new perspective.