Indian filmmakers Kiran Rao and Biju Toppo have joined as executive producers on “ Humans in the Loop ,” the Fipresci India Grand Prix-winning feature about an indigenous Adivasi woman working as an AI data-labeller.

The move represents a significant boost for the indie feature, which explores urgent themes around artificial intelligence, labor and indigenous knowledge systems. Set in Jharkhand, northern India, the film follows Nehma, an Oraon Adivasi woman whose AI data-labelling work exposes the hidden labor powering “smart” technologies. Adivasis are India’s indigenous tribal communities, comprising roughly 8% of the country’s population.

Directed by Aranya Sahay and produced by Mathivanan Rajendran, Sarabhi Ravichandran, Shilpa Kumar and Aranya through Storiculture’s Impact Fel

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