''White Knight'' is an Indian

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by

Aarti Shrivastava Aarti Shrivastava (born 1983) is a national award-winning Indian documentary filmmaker and Asia 21 IPRYLI Fellow based in Mumbai. After graduating from Wilson College, Mumbai, she began a career as a news reporter working with CNBC. She subsequ ...

. The subject is

Chewang Norphel Chewang Norphel ཚེ་དབང་ནོར་འཕེལ། (born 1935) is an Indian civil engineer from Ladakh, who has built 15 artificial glaciers. He has earned the nickname ''Ice Man''. Early life and career Coming from a middle-c ...

, a 78-year-old engineer in

Leh Leh () ( lbj, ) is the joint capital and largest city of Ladakh, a union territory of India. Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh, the seat of which was in the Leh Palace, the former res ...

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu and ...

, who, over the last 15 years, has invented and implemented a technology that is helping provide a solution to an ecological disaster created by climate change. The film documents how Ladakh is grappling with an alarming

water scarcity Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water Water resources, resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity: physical or economic water scarcity. Physical water ...

situation. In this high altitude desert where the melting of glaciers has been the traditional source of fresh water, a warmer planet is playing havoc with lifestyles and the ecology. With glaciers melting faster, fresh water is precious. Norphel's solution uses common sense and elementary observational science to create artificial glaciers.

Awards and recognitions

* Opening Film Water Doc Film Festival Canada * Official Selection Jaipur International Film Festival 2013 * Official Selection South Asian Film Festival Canada 2012 * Official Selection Colorado Film Festival 2013 * Special Mention Women Deliver Cinema Corner Conference

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Indian short documentary films 2012 short documentary films Films directed by Aarti Shrivastava Documentary films about global warming Documentary films about water and the environment Hari Om Entertainment films 2010s English-language films