My Name Is Salt (2013)

My Name Is Salt (2013) poster

Year after year, just after the monsoon season has finished, thousands of families travel to a bleak desert in Gujerat, India, where they will stay for an endless eight months and extract salt from the earth, using the same painstaking, manual techniques as generations before them. Director Farida Pacha spent a season with one of these families, observing the very particular rhythms of their lives.

Director: Farida Pacha
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 92 min
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Screenplay

Music: Farida Pacha
Editing: Lutz Konermann
Production: Leafbird Films
Country: Switzerland, India
Language: Gujarati
Original Language: en

Keywords

woman director

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is My Name Is Salt about?
Year after year, just after the monsoon season has finished, thousands of families travel to a bleak desert in Gujerat, India, where they will stay for an endless eight months and extract salt from the earth, using the same painstaking, manual techniques as generations before them. Director Farida Pacha spent a season with one of these families, observing the very particular rhythms of their lives.
Who directed My Name Is Salt?
My Name Is Salt was directed by Farida Pacha.
How long is My Name Is Salt?
My Name Is Salt has a runtime of 1h 32m (92 minutes).
What genre is My Name Is Salt?
My Name Is Salt is a Documentary film.
Where was My Name Is Salt produced?
My Name Is Salt was produced in Switzerland, India.