SHONE SATHEESH.

Original Eco India film thumbnail about Mumbai’s Aarey forest

01 / Selected filmCan Mumbai’s green lung, Aarey, be saved?2018 / 8:44

Documentary / Reporting / Visual Research Selected projects

Selected
work.

Documentary filmmaking, visual journalism and photographic work by Shone Satheesh.

07 projects / Film & photography

02 / Explainers & Visual Essays

Caste and the Hidden History of Filter Coffee

2024 / 3:00

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Original title still for Caste and the Hidden History of Filter Coffee

03 / Documentary & Reporting

A Hip-Hop Uprising in Mumbai’s Nalasopara

2018 / 6:00

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Further viewing

04Monochrome archivePhotography 05Mahul, Mumbai’s Rehabilitation Hellhole2018 06Colour archivePhotography 07Why Mumbai Has Slums2018 View all films & reporting

Instagram / Short-form work

Reels.

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Nair matriliny in Kerala

A visual essay on caste, land and the history of matriliny in Kerala.

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The photographic archive

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graphy.

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A barber cutting a child’s hair as other children look on — Monochrome archive

Practice / Context

Films, reporting
and visual research.

I’m Shone Satheesh, a New York-based filmmaker, journalist, photographer and visual researcher with over 15 years of experience.

About Shone

Selected bylines Al JazeeraFirstpostMumbai MirrorScroll.inDocumentedMint / Lounge

Commissions / Editorial / Collaborations

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