Magic Lantern
Foundation (MLF) aims to integrate communication with social action.
Since the
time it was established in 1989, MLF has been involved with:
Production
of issue-based documentaries in partnership with people's organisations.
Campaigns
on issues of social justice, environment, gender and culture. MLF has campaigned
on the labour rights of the construction workers, on the rights of forest
dwellers to forest produce, against the development of large-scale tourism.
Media education
with grassroots organisations, to develop an understanding about the role
of media, critically assess media and integrate media use with local interventions.
Training
of grassroots activists on the use of media.
Networking
and dissemination
of information related to media.
Intervening in
the construction of media
policy and locating
ways to include grassroots priorities and concerns.
Distribution and
dissemination
of issue based documentaries and films.