FILM
Sonabai: Another Way of Seeing
(winner of five awards for Best Short Documentary)
The story of the life’s journey of a remarkable woman who spent 15 years in enforced isolation in a remote central Indian village. During those years of seeing no one but her repressive husband and infant son, Sonabai invented an entirely new style of art, sculpting her walls with beauty, whimsy, delight, and humor. This film celebrates the creative ability of individuals to find solutions to seemingly intolerable conditions.
(30 minutes)
Stephen Huyler’s 65 Years in 2 Minutes
Stephen Huyler’s First Trip to India: 1971-72
Beginning in Paris when he was just 19 years old and continuing by himself overland by local transport through the Balkans, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan into India where he traveled for seven months conducting field research. (15.5 minutes)
Painted Prayers: Women’s Art in Village India
A film made to accompany an exhibition of the same title shown at the Smithsonian Institution in 1995-6 and then touring the United States, Britain, Germany, and India. (13 minutes)
Women’s Art in Rural Odisha
Archival footage taken by Huyler in 1997 in the villages of rural Puri District, Odisha, where he has documented women’s evocative wall paintings for decades. Most of the paintings are now no longer created as part of efforts to modernize rural India.
Sonabai: Another Way of Seeing — an exhibition at Mingei International Museum
San Diego 2009-2010
Conceived and designed by Huyler, this show uses innovative techniques to display the unique creative vision of one woman and those whom she influenced. (6.5 minutes)
My Young Hands
A poem by Stephen P Huyler, 2020 (2.46 minutes)
Huyler has been a poet throughout his life. This poem evocatively portrays the influence of books and libraries on his childhood and throughout his life.
The Life That Jack Built
The Remarkable Life of Jack Huyler (Stephen’s Father) (21.5 minutes)
Huylers Candy
An exhibition of the memorabilia of the chocolate business founded by Stephen’s great-grandfather and later run by his grandfather (20 minutes)
Magic Carpet Tour 1: Delhi to Udaipur
(37 minutes)
In which Stephen and his wife Helene (Hi) took two close friends on a tour of India in 2019
Magic Carpet Tour 2: Udaipur to Jodhpur
(54 minutes)
In which Stephen and his wife Helene (Hi) took two close friends on a tour of India in 2019
Magic Carpet Tour 3: Jaisalmer and the Merasi
(45 minutes)
In which Stephen and his wife Helene (Hi) took two close friends on a tour of India in 2019
Darjeeling: Goomtee Tea Garden Homestay
A promotional film made by Huyler for his friends who own a remarkably beautiful tea plantation and beautifully furnished bungalow in the mountains of eastern India near Darjeeling. Since the making of this film, the plantation has been sold, but the present owners have maintained it in the same fine style.