A Nestful of Light

26’ TV special based on the book by Karthika Naïr and Joëlle Jolivet published by Helium
In coproduction with KMBO production

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In the summer of 2020, even as the pandemic raged over the world, a small report circulated across Indian newspapers: Pothakudi, a village in Tamil Nadu, went without street lighting for 35 nights, because a pair of vannathikuruvi, Oriental Magpie Robins, had built a nest, and laid eggs, in the one switchboard that powered all its street lamps.  A Nestful of Light springboards from this very real event to create a magical tale of interspecies solidarity and community.