India, April 25 -- A pair of projects chronicling protests against legislation brought in by the Government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India are among the Indian productions that will be featured at North America's largest documentary film festival Hot Docs this year.

The 31st edition of the festival begins in Toronto on Thursday and continues through May 5.

Among the world premieres this year will be Farming The Revolution, a documentary that follows the farmers' protests that opposed three farm laws enacted by the Indian government. Director by Nishtha Jain, and co-directed by Akash Basumatari, the feature documentary tracks the protests from their beginning in late 2020 onto developments a year later as the government repeale...