The Revolutionary Optimists - Hilton LightStay Sustainability Award
1,199 views · Published 7 May 2013 · 4:02 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: Sundance Institute · 2013 · Film & Animation
Children are saving lives in the slums of Calcutta. Amlan Ganguly doesn't rescue children; he empowers them to become change agents, battling poverty and transforming their neighborhoods with dramatic results. The Revolutionary Optimists follows Amlan and three of the children he works with -- Salim, Kajal and Priyanka - on an intimate journey through adolescence, as they bravely fight the forces that oppress them -- from polio to child labor and child marriage.
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