Quotes from the Earth
Mobile Film Festival Package
Today the word 'environment' cannot be thought of to only mean being
clean, green or to protect a pristine wilderness experience. Over
the past two decades, conflicts over natural resources have sharpened
and multiplied. In popular terms, their complex dynamics have been
framed in easy terms as 'people vs. wildlife', 'dams vs. development',
or 'industry vs. people'. Wild life, people and nature have been
treated as separate categories. Yet on the ground their complex
interplays have resulted in very real struggles and questions the
very essence and ethics of how we define ourselves as a society.
In all instances, violence of one sort or another is inflicted,
often upon those who are least powerful or voice less.
The film festival package hopes to image the
stark environmental challenges and conflicts facing us now more
realistically through the powerful medium of films and to improve
our understanding of these issues. The package includes 18 films
on Water,
Hunger
and Survival.
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