Fast Cloud Films

A Box With A View

Official Selection of the 2009 Queens Internations Film Festival

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Filmmakers
Producers
Magee Clegg
Austin Brawner

Director
Magee Clegg

Director of Photography
Miles McAlpin

Editor
Magee Clegg

A Box With A View examines the influence of cable
television on the culture and traditions of rice villages in
the Kerala Backwaters, located near the southern tip of
India. There are 25 television channels, including many
popular Western programs, which are viewed in the
simple homes of rice farmers who live in an area
accessible only by water transportation.

The Kerala Backwaters has existed for a millennium, yet its
culture is threatened, because the younger generations
are more interested in monetary pursuits than in
preserving their ancestors’ traditions through rice farming;
television is the catalyst for the change. A Box With A View
presents the issue through the voices of the people living
in the community.