The Elastic Tree (Get Reel 2010 Best Documentary, CSMF Winner, & Slick Rock 2011 Nominee)

Best Documentary Award Winner and Best of Show Nominee at the Get Reel Film Festival 2010. Winner of the Documentary category of the California Student Media Festival. Nominee of the Documentary category at the Slick Rock Student Film Festival 2011.

What's found in gloves, erasers, car tires, and rubber bands? Rubber! However, very few people know how this rubber, which starts out as latex from rubber trees, gets processed into true rubber. So we take you to Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India where the process of rubber tapping begins.

Most of the scenes in India were filmed in July 2008 (that's why I look like a baby) and the scenes in America were filmed and edited in October and November 2010.

Starring: Vineeth G. Mohan, Neelima Mohan, Leo Vang, AJ Rodriguez, Greg Goodwin, Alex Thampi, and Jonathon Bowns.

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[harjindersekhon]

Good Job, Vineeth

I saw your previous productions too. Keep it up.

[DuckODuckProductions]

@harjindersekhon

Thanks!

[xxsnipehshotxx]

what part of india is ur family from . i mean like ur home village.. im punjabi so im from julander 3 hrs away from golden temple and 7 from dehli...... so yea

[DuckODuckProductions]

@xxsnipehshotxx

The same place mentioned in the video - Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala (southern tip of India).

[twofoottallninja]

did u actually go to india???

[DuckODuckProductions]

@twofoottallninja

Yep... but not just for this documentary obviously. We went there to visit family and what not. We decided to film a documentary while we were there.

[niwdoog322]

Worker's comp is going to want to see this...

And I bet there are a lot of women travelling to India to get younger! It worked for you! Great video, that car tire guy is sexy!