Directors/Producers: Vaishali Sinha, Hemang Chheda

Description:

A global race to develop a new male contraceptive that could revolutionize family planning and improve women’s lives globally. The film follows the indomitable eighty-three-year-old Dr. Sujoy Guha in India, the California-based team of Elaine Lissner and L.R. Fox, as well as Kevin Eisenfrats in Virginia, on a quest to successfully launch the first reversible male contraceptive since the modern condom, invented 200 years ago. According to the Guttmacher Institute, there are currently only three methods for men–condoms, vasectomy and the “pull out” method–compared with at least fifteen options for women. This advancement could revolutionize family planning and profoundly impact gender equity. 

Biography:

Vaishali Sinha is an award-winning filmmaker, producer and director of the documentaries Made in India and Ask the Sexpert. Her work has earned numerous honors, including the Critics Choice Award in India, a Grierson nomination for Best Entertaining Film and a Ridenhour Peace Prize nomination for Excellence in Truth-Telling. Vaishali was also a development consultant for the Academy Award-winning short documentary Period. End. Of. Sentence. She is a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center and co-founder of Bitchitra Collective: Indian Women in Documentary, a peer-driven support network. She has mentored emerging filmmakers at Firelight Media Doc Lab, Kartemquin Film’s Diverse Voices in Docs, BAVC and the Video Consortium. 

Hemang Chheda is a Mumbai-based, sought-after creative producer with nearly two decades of experience across advertising and long-form storytelling. Over the years, he has produced more than 350 television commercials, working closely with some of India’s most respected directors, agencies and creative teams. He is best known for producing P&G Whisper’s Touch the Pickle, a widely celebrated gender-equality campaign that won the Glass Lions Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. He has collaborated with filmmakers such as Shimit Amin and Ashim Ahluwalia. His work spans advertising and long-form formats, with a focus on strong storytelling, careful execution and socially relevant themes. 

Contact Information:

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