ByNtha - Edition of Morning Star

India and her fading tribal communities

Films in Focus

Director Sarah Thomas speaks about the journey behind The Unsung, from discovering the Halakki Vokkaliga community to spending a year documenting their lives, disappearing traditions and fight for recognition. She reflects on the questions the film raised around cultural erasure, displacement, modernisation and what is lost when communities slowly disappear from public memory.

Director Sarah Thomas speaks about the journey behind The Unsung, from discovering the Halakki Vokkaliga community to spending a year documenting their lives, disappearing traditions and fight for recognition. She reflects on the questions the film raised around cultural erasure, displacement, modernisation and what is lost when communities slowly disappear from public memory.