The Revolutionary Optimists

Premiered June 17, 2013

Directed by

Nicole Newnham and Maren Grainger-Monsen

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About the Documentary

Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the ‘Daredevils’ have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city’s poorest slums — awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of change.