The Caretakers
Asia/South Asia
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20m
A village in the north eastern Indian state of Assam devises innovative solutions to mitigate damaging human elephant conflict and develop community tolerance.
Director(s): Biswajit Das
2023 | 20 minutes
India
Language(s): Assamese
Subtitles: English
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