Manu Joseph: Why filming reality in India is nearly impossible—and what it says about freedom of expression
Not expecting to be taken seriously, I told the producer we need to shoot three birds. “Hmmm,” he said. “Crows?” That was okay. “Nothing exotic.” Could we shoot ants, I asked, certain he’d laugh. Risky, he said. We can’t shoot ants for a documentary? Risky. What about a lizard? No. Too risky.
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