Moushumi Basu

The subject and the characters of the film are very close to my heart. I still remember the first day I had visited these villages, to do a report on their conditions. I was not prepared to face all that was in store for me. Almost every second house that I visited --- there was either a mentally challenged child, or death of loved one... the list of plight was just endless. I could not sleep for the next two days. I went there again, stayed in the villages for the next few days, revisited the villagers... till their stories and tears became a part of me. And the result before you is our film "Toxic Neglect" that hopes to bring out our story before the world.

Moushumi Basu

India, 2011, 9 min, English Latin American Premiere Located on the ancestral lands of the Santhal, Munda and Ho Peoples in Jharkhand, India, Jadugoda is home to almost all of India's Uranium reserves. Moushumi Basu reports on a shocking story that the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) and the Government of India doesn't want you to know about. Toxic Neglect was produced for Women Aloud Videoblogging for Empowerment (WAVE). The short documentary about Jadugoda is a candid story narrated by the villagers themselves before the camera.