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Goddesses follows the lives of three extraordinary women who go against norms to succeed in usually male-oriented careers: a fisherwoman, a gravedigger and a funeral singer and it won her the prestigious Golden Conch at the Mumbai International Film Festival, 2008. A Hole in the Bucket was showcased at International Water Symposium, Stockholm, 2007. A Hole in the Bucket takes a look at the dynamics of water crisis in the city of Chennai in the context of families with different income levels. Altar is a documentary intervention on child marriage customs prevailing in the Kambalathu Naicker community in the central parts of Tamil Nadu. Leena was inspired to do this project while she was serving as a volunteer in tsunami-hit regions of Tamil Nadu doing art therapy workshops for children. Waves After Waves explores how art rejuvenates the lives of children, devastated by the 2004 tsunami at the coastal villages of Tamil Nadu. The documentary weaves through the student lives of four protagonists, two each in India and Germany. Connecting Lines, which she did soon after she changed her style of film-making from "activistic" to "artistic", is about student politics in India and Germany. It is an experimental five-minute video poem from her anthology. Love Lost is about changing relationships in urban space. Break the Shackles is about the effects of globalisation on rural Tamil villages. She went on the road with her films across hundreds of villages serving her videos a tool for participatory dialogue with the masses on compelling issues. Parai is a film on violence against Dalit women. Her other films too deal with the issues of the marginalised. The 20-minute-long docu-fiction is about devoting girl children to the deity, a practice prevalent among the Arundhatiyar community in Mangattucheri village near Arakkonam, Chennai. ContentsĪfter a brief period as an Assistant Director with mainstream filmmakers and an intensive experience as a Television Producer and Anchor, she debuted in 2002 with the short documentary film Mathamma. She has been recognised with participation, mentions and best film awards in many international and national film festivals. Her works include five published poetry anthologies and a dozen films in genres, documentary, fiction and experimental poem films. Leena Manimekalai is an Indian independent filmmaker, poet and an actor.