Hottege Hittu | Subsistence – A Documentary Film

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Hottege Hittu | Subsistence – A Documentary Film

03:00 PM

June 21, 2026

Infosys Science Foundation, Bangalore

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Hottege Hittu | Subsistence – A Documentary Film

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Punarchith invites you to a screening of Hottege Hittu | Subsistence, a Kannada documentary film set in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district, where small farmers live with growing uncertainty. As rains become unpredictable, soils weaken, and chemical farming deepens debt, many farmers begin returning to older rhythms through ragi cultivation, mixed cropping, and native seeds.

At the heart of this shift are women farmers, seed keepers, and caretakers of the land whose labour and knowledge continue to sustain agriculture. Through everyday conversations and lived experiences, the film reflects on debt, migration, changing rain patterns, and quiet acts of care such as saving seed, composting, sharing, and experimenting with traditional farming methods.

The film traces a slow rebuilding of soil, food, and dignity rooted in collective memory and the resolve to farm for sustenance before surplus.

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