Credits
Featuring: Seema, Deendayal
Director: Rujuta Doshi
Cinematographer: Sunayana Singh
Sound Recording: Navya Sah
Editor: Anadi Athaley
Producers: Koval Bhatia, Veda Shastri
Executive Producers: Sky Dylan-Robbins, Gabriel Diamond, Phil Collis
Consulting Editors: Ernest Hariyanto, Koval Bhatia, Veda Shastri
Musician & Composer: Shayan Sinha (Babui)
Recording Studio : Fixurmix Studio
Colorist: Aaryaman Kutty
Subtitles: Meera Krishnan
Sound Design: Nidhin B Molickal & Anand V.
Sound Mixing: Anand V.
Sound Post Works: Audiokraft
Post-Production Studio: Coolab
For GoodWeave: Ram Swaroop Gurjar, Ajit Roy, Smita Chandna, Vinti Singal, Jamir Munayco, Sadikshya Nepal
Special Thanks: Elisabeth Bystrom, Silvia Mera, Jon Jacoby, Manoli Stecker
Runtime: 10 minutes 50 seconds
Language: Hindi with English subtitles
This film is a product of the Solutions Storytelling Project, a Skoll Foundation-supported initiative from the Video Consortium that connects regional filmmakers and social innovators to produce solutions-focused short documentaries that catalyze positive change.
Weaving Hope offers a glimpse into the work taking place in India’s carpet weaving regions, where GoodWeave-supported Child Friendly Community programs, in partnership with grassroots organizations like MSEMVS, help address the root causes of child labor through education and prevention. Within these communities, Girls’ Groups bring girls together to learn, build their confidence, and support one another. By watching and sharing Weaving Hope, or supporting projects like Empowering girls in India through Girls’ Groups—which sustains over 75 groups providing mentorship, learning materials, and safe spaces for more than 1,500 girls—you help carry this ongoing work forward.