A woman with black hair and a traditional outfit looks off into the distance.
Green is the Fire’s Tint
Still from Green is the Fire's Tint
In Post-Production

Directed by

Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe

Produced By

Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi

Co-Produced by

Kaleo La Belle

Somi, an Indigenous Indian woman, faces the threat of eviction from her land. A few years ago, Somi was an armed Naxalite-Maoist rebel. Now, she’s determined to lead her community in resisting the displacement—this time without her rifle. Green is the Fire’s Tint is a sequel to A Rifle and a Bag (2020 Rotterdam International Film Festival, Special Mention of the Jury in the Bright Future Competition), which followed Somi and her husband’s experience leaving the movement and striving to reconcile their past with the desire to integrate into Indian society.

Green is the Fire's Tint was supported through the 2023 Research & Development Grant.

Meet the Filmmakers
Arya Rothe — Portrait of filmmaker Arya Rothe (India), NoCut Film Collective. A woman with dark hair tied back, wearing a dark grey ribbed sweater, resting her chin on her hand in a dim, warm-toned interior.
Arya Rothe
Photo Credit: Chaitanya Guttikar
Cristina Hanes — Portrait of filmmaker Cristina Hanes (Romania), NoCut Film Collective. A woman with a short blonde pixie cut, wearing a green patterned scarf and grey jacket, standing outside a shopfront.
Cristina Hanes
Photo Credit: Isabella Rinaldi
Isabella Rinaldi — Portrait of filmmaker Isabella Rinaldi (Italy), NoCut Film Collective. A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a blue denim shirt, seated by a window in soft natural light.
Isabella Rinaldi
Photo Credit: Farah Kassem
Headshot of Kaleo La Belle
Kaleo La Belle
Photo Courtesy Kaleo La Belle
topics & tags
EnvironmentFamily/YouthRefugees/Displacement
Program cohorts
Research & Development Grant 2023