ONE LITTLE FINGER
Narrative Feature Film
Length: 1 hr 45 min
Genre: Drama | Human Rights | Disability & Diversity | Children
Language: English
Written and Directed by Rupam Sarmah
THEME: (Ability in Disability)
Based on real-life stories of persons with disabilities
A cast of over 80 children and adults with disabilities
SYNOPSIS:
Raina, an American neurologist, uproots her life to research music therapy in India and finds herself teaching children and adults with disabilities. By bringing them together through music and inspiring them to challenge themselves through their abilities, their lives are transformed.
Den and Angel, though they are disabled, want to contribute towards the betterment of society by overcoming their physical challenges. As they come of age, they must learn to cope with abuse and bullying. Their lives intersect with Raina, who is struggling to further her research.
Raina’s philosophy and life change while she is in India, where she is touched by the beauty of the culture and the stories of children with disabilities. Through her experience, she understands that balance of mind, body, and soul is vital in realizing the true value of life. Disability is a perception; ability is what we believe.
MAIN CAST & CREW:
TAMELA D’AMICO (Raina, an American Neurologist)
SIEDAH GARRETT (Dr. Claudia)
M.G. ABHINAYA (Angel, a girl with hearing impairment)
SAYOMDEB MUKHERJEE (Den, a person with a genetic disorder/cerebral palsy)
JEEJA GHOSH NAG (Jeeja, a person with cerebral palsy)
MALAYA GOSWAMI (Dr. Sen, Director of Institute)
JAYA SEAL GHOSH (Mrs. Bohra, Angel’s mother)
PABITRA RABHA (Abdul Hamid, Angel’s father)
JONATHAN STODDARD (Max, Raina’s boyfriend)
KUSHAL CHAKRABARTY (Den’s father)
SOUMILI GHOSH BISWAS (Den’s mother)
Supporting Cast: Alakananda Ray, Biplab Ghosh, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Abhirup Chakrabarty, Papiya Adhikary, Surajit Sarmah, Pankaj Mahanta, Sayera Rahman, Purnam Baruah, Loriali Kalita, Subrat Kakoty, and others
ACTORS WITH DISABILITIES
Sayomdeb Mukherjee, M. G. Abhinaya, Jeeja Ghosh Nag, Abhirup Chakrabarty (Young Den, a child with Cerebral Palsy), Leo, Evelyn Armstrong, Sayan Sarkar, Subrodeep Bhattacharya, Sraboni Naskar, Akash Byapari, Ayush Prasad, Bunty Das, Priyanka Das, Anirban Biswas, Aatrayee Bose, Debojit Ghosh, Shivam Khanna, Swapnil Shaw, Aditya Karnani, Shreya Sammadar, Sarthak Jha, Rajdeep Paul, Anjali Mishra, Swati Sharma, Rahul Kr. Sahoo, Saurav Halder, Soham Halder, Vivek Kumar, Debayan Mukherjee, Aasish Jha, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mondal, Kuntal Samanta, Archan Dutta, Shankar Narayan Shaha, Kushal Lakhani, Sanhita De, Sanjib Patra, Arpita Dutta, Abhiroop Ghosh, Gitali Saha, Tapajyoti Dey, Sounak Roy, Sujay Mondal, Sayan Paul, Mayank Agarwal, Subhayan Roy, Souvik Das, Avrojit Dutta, Soumajit Mondal, Subrojit Mondal, Swastik Dey, Debojhoti Adhikary, Shruti Nevtia, Debojani Gogoi, Akangkhya Pegu, Simi Bora, Bitu Bora, Dhrubajyoti Goswami, Nazmaira Begum, Jagat Bora, Nilutpal Dutta, Bornali Saikia, Manasjyoti Baruah, Mrityunjoy Roy, Sudipta Thakur, Zafrinawaz, Rana Bora, Nasir Ahmed, Dipu Moni Saikia, David Pangjok, Ganesh Mondal., Shyam Sundar Gupta, Dolly Mishra, Santosh Prasad, Riya Ala, Rohit Kumar Prasad, Avishek Ray, Sadiya Khatoon, Nekitara, B. Goutami, Jay Bhattacharjee, Sankha Saha, Pankaj Mishra
Media Partners:
PRERONA Spastics Society, Monovikas Kendra, UNESCO Center for Peace, UNESCO-USFUCA, IN THE MIRROR MUSIC, ABERRANT SOUND, The White Feather Foundation, LBR Music, ForestNation, BrownOut Studios, Barn Castle, maZumba Media, RJ International, Music Room, Salami Studios, Rakshak Foundation, Enable India,
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ASIM BOSE
ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHER:
AYAN PRATAAP (USA)
MUSIC DIRECTED BY:
RUPAM SARMAH
FEATURED SOUNDTRACKS INCLUDE:
QUINCY JONES, JULIAN LENNON, SIEDAH GARRETT, PETER BANKS, KECHI OKWUCHI
KEVIN MACKIE, STEPHEN MELILLO, VISWA MOHAN BHATT, SUMITRA GUHA, RUPAM
SARMAH, GRANT MALOY SMITH, JANN KLOSE, LONNIE PARK, RUTH WEBER CHOIR, FIONA JOY,
RITAM SARMAH, SUBHAMITA, RUPANKAR, ANWESHAA, MADHURA, SHEELA DEB DEYSARKAR,
SWAGATALAKSHMI DASGUPTA, and others
BACKGROUND / ORIGINAL SCORE
STEPHEN MELILLO
RUPAM SARMAH
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
KEVIN MACKIE
SAYOMDEB MUKHERJEE
NAYAN JYOTI SARMAH
EDITORS
ARGHYAKAMAL MITRA
DEBOJIT DUTTA
SOUND DESIGNERS
ANUP MUKHERJEE
RUPAM SARMAH
SOUND MIXER
AMIT KUMAR DUTTA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (India)
AVIJIT CHAUDHURI
DIRECTOR’S TEAM
NIVEDITA MAJUMDAR
PRATITI GHOSH
ARINDAM KASHYAP
DEBOJIT DUTTA
PRANAMI A DUTTA
ANKUR PATHAK
COSTUME DESIGNERS
NANG ANNE GOGOI
GABRIELLE SCIABBARRASI
MAKEUP / HAIR ARTISTS
SMRITY DAS, KHUSHI LOHAR
AMANDA TERRY
PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS
ANJAN SINHA
ARUP BHANJA
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