Today’s story is all heart. It is the wonderful and sweet story of Pavitra Chalam, an award-winning documentary film maker and founder of Curley Street Media with a master’s degree in film making from New York Film Academy. Seven years ago, Pavitra became obsessed with telling the story of Baby Roona Begum, a child born with hydrocephalus, a birth defect caused by the build up of fluid leading to a massive swelling in the head. You can catch that story on Netflix as Rooting for Roona. This is not the first such story that Pavitra has featured. In fact, she’s made a career of making documentary films of congenital birth defects and of women’s prenatal health and care. In our conversation, we speak of the reasons that difficult topics like these form the basis of her story telling, the process of fund raising for documentaries and how she measures the impact of those stories.