For whom the tiger is a deity, not a data-point.
Synopsis
A feature-length exploration of the tribal communities across central India for whom the tiger is not just a predator but a deity, an ancestor, and a neighbour — filmed across Pench, Kanha, and Tadoba.
A feature documentary, filmed across the Pench, Kanha, and Tadoba landscapes. For the Gond, Baiga, and Korku communities interviewed in the film, the tiger is simultaneously a deity, an ancestor, and a co-resident of the forest. As conservation policy increasingly centralises decisions about these landscapes, Tiger-Worshipping Tribes of India asks what is lost — materially, spiritually, and politically — when the people who have shared a boundary with the animal are removed from the conversation.
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