A film shot in the state of Assam in remote north-eastern India. An initiative from Unilever to empower female tea pickers and their communities.
The Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund, an initiative run by Unilever, works to empower women in tea-growing communities giving them the voice to speak up. The idea was to bring anecdotal evidence of the impact of the programme and then through video, bring this to life. Our crew travelled to stunning Assam, caught the sunrise over the mighty Brahmaputra river and filmed in some of the most glorious tea estates in India. We interviewed women tea pickers who have attended WSAF workshops who told us how they now feel more empowered than ever before. Unilever hopes to scale this program to other tea gardens across the world and we hope to travel with.
