Ruwang Collective Arts

01/02/2026

Support the completion of an Indigenous film from Bangladesh.

Help complete Cafe Chungdar, a feature-length documentary exposing Indigenous land struggles … Arnab Dewan needs your support for Help Complete Cafe Chungdar!

18/01/2026

A beautiful film from the 2nd phase of the Mangpli Project. Started in 2022, we’re still living this moment, and there’s a long way to go before we can share it all with you.

14/01/2026

Ruwang Collective Arts has finally begun a journey with Indigenous youth who are filmmakers, vloggers, podcasters, and media enthusiasts to produce a series of documentary films, video blogs, and podcasts.

As the first phase of this program, we conducted a three-day residential media workshop with 19 Indigenous youths from the Chak, Chakma, Khumi, Manipuri, Marma, Mro, Munda, Tanchangya, and Tripura across Bangladesh. The workshop was held in Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
The workshop sessions focused on climate change, creating vlogs, and documentary filmmaking. During the program, Ruwang Collective Arts also shared its ongoing projects and future plans with the 19 fellows, creating space for learning, exchange, and collaboration.

We sincerely thank Cultural Survival for giving us the opportunity to be part of the Indigenous Community Media Grant 2025.

05/01/2026

Friends in Chittagong city!
Our documentary film will be screened on the opening day of the Chattogram International Documentary Film Festival (CIDFF) on 8 January 2026. Hope to see you there!

Ubogeet: The Unsung Tale and Song
2025; Bangladesh
23 Minutes
Director: Santua Tripura, Nidhi Chakma
Producer: Santua Tripura
Screening Date & Time:08 Jan 2026, 7.45 pm

Synopsis: Set in the remote valleys of Rangamati in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, this documentary
follows six Chakma Indigenous folk song practitioners: Anundibala Chakma, Godabi Chakma, Indu
Chakma, Gunobala Chakma, Jalodhar Chakma and Bimol Chakma. Through layered storytelling and
striking visuals, the film offers an intimate portrait of their lived experiences, revealing the enduring
bond between community and song.
At its heart, the documentary explores Ubogeet, a form of Chakma folk song that embodies resilience,
identity and collective memory. Once a vibrant cultural tradition, Ubogeet now stands on the verge of
fading. Alongside the struggle to preserve their songs, the singers confront wider social challenges,
including patriarchy, displacement, economic hardship and generational disconnection. The film
captures how, despite these pressures, their voices continue to carry emotional truths and cultural
heritage across generations.

31/12/2025

Happy New Year 2026!
As we step into a new year, we look forward to continuing our commitment to Indigenous art, storytelling, and cultural resilience. May this year bring new possibilities, shared learning, and powerful stories that connect people and generations.

16/12/2025

The Ruwang Collective Arts team joined a partner meet up and climate change conference hosted by Cultural Survival in Nepal in the first week of this month. During the gathering and community engagement visit, the team shared our initiatives and discussed how Ruwang Collective Arts works collectively with Indigenous Peoples through arts, filmmaking, and community based storytelling to document climate impacts, strengthen Indigenous knowledge systems, and support community led resilience and advocacy.

09/12/2025

Ruwang Collective Arts is delighted to present a program bringing together Indigenous filmmakers, podcasters, and bloggers from the Chittagong Hill Tracts to share climate stories through documentaries, blogging, and podcasting. The program prioritizes creatives closely connected to their communities, ensuring their work reflects local experiences and knowledge.
This initiative aims to amplify Indigenous voices, highlight unique perspectives, and foster dialogue on climate change and resilience.
Participants will join intensive in-person training sessions in December 2025 (tentative dates to be announced) in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, focusing on documentary filmmaking, journalism, and climate-related knowledge.
All additional details are provided in the application form.
Application form: https://forms.gle/8jLzrxMJ5zHv8Q2T9

08/11/2025

📣📣𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 @ 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐂𝐂𝐂 𝐂𝐎𝐏 𝟑𝟎!!

We warmly invite you to join us in our side event "𝑼𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑽𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒂, 𝑴𝒆𝒌𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔".

The side event will feature the diverse voices of Indigenous Youths from the Eastern Himalaya, Mekong and Southeast Asia regions, with the aim of voicing the diverse knowledges, leadership, as well as challenges faced by the Indigenous communities particularly youths in these regions.

📅 Monday, 10th November 2025
🕔 17:00-18:00 (GMT-3)
📍 IIPFCC Pavilion, Blue Zone. Zone B. PV-D117

More information:
https://www.iipfccpavilion.org/cop30-programme/f2ph5dg6tmhf4djcm1r0t7qpkabcm3

04/11/2025

আমরা, রুয়াং কালেক্টিভ, জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের দ্রুত বেড়ে চলা প্রভাব নিয়ে গভীরভাবে উদ্বিগ্ন এবং মানুষ ও প্রকৃতির মধ্যে সম্পর্ক পুনরুদ্ধারে অঙ্গীকারবদ্ধ। উপকূলীয় সুন্দরবনে বসবাসরত মুন্ডা সম্প্রদায় জলবায়ু সংকটের একেবারে সম্মুখভাগে অবস্থান করছে এবং জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের কারণে স্থানচ্যুতি এবং সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠ সমাজের আধিপত্য তাদের পরিচয় ও সংস্কৃতিকে ক্রমেই বিপন্ন করে তুলছে।
এই ভিজ্যুয়াল প্রতিবেদনটি তাদের টিকে থাকার গল্প তুলে ধরে — তারা কীভাবে প্রতিদিনের চ্যালেঞ্জ মোকাবিলা করছে এবং তরুণ প্রজন্ম কীভাবে তাদের সম্প্রদায় ও ভবিষ্যৎ রক্ষায় অর্থবহ ভূমিকা রাখছে। আমাদের দল এই প্রকল্পে মিডিয়া ও যোগাযোগ ইউনিট হিসেবে কাজ করেছে, যা বাস্তবায়িত হয়েছে এশিয়া ইনডিজেনাস পিপলস প্যাক্ট (AIPP), হিল রিসোর্স সেন্টার (HRC), ব্যাক টু দ্য রুটস এবং HP-এর যৌথ উদ্যোগে।
We, the Ruwang Collective, are deeply concerned about the accelerating impacts of climate change and are committed to restoring the bond between humans and nature. The Munda Indigenous in coastal Sundarbans lives on the frontline of this crisis. Their identity and culture are increasingly endangered as climate change forces migration and strengthens the dominance of the majority community.
This visual report presents their stories of resilience, showing how they live, face daily challenges, and how the youth are taking meaningful steps to protect their community and future. Our team worked as the media and communication unit in a collaborative project carried out by the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Hill Resource Centre (HRC), Back to the Roots, and HP.
Better quality : https://youtu.be/kXFnIlr3KPs

Hill Resource CentreBACK to the ROOTS Santua Tripura #