Once upon a time in Spiti
24 mins / 2023 / Robin Singh
This short documentary film is about the journey of Peepal Farm, an animal rescue and awareness organization, in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, and their experience of bringing social change.
In the harsh winters of Spiti Valley, dogs eat dogs due to lack of food. With the help of locals Peepal Farm organised a feeding drive in sub zero temperatures . But, this was a stop gap solution, to reduce suffering and get friendly with the dogs. After winters, they followed up with a sterilization drive to spay around 180 female dogs, preventing over a 1000 pups from a miserable death.
This documentary film doesn’t just document the journey’s second phase, but also encapsulates a lot of what the team learnt about doing good.