[Reader-list] Film Screening/ Discussion 25 April

[Achal R. Prabhala]

If you'd like more details, you can contact Sonali
Dutta at shona_rain at yahoo.com -
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> FILM SCREENING
> 
> "The Vanishing People" (Director: Sonali Dutta. 20
> min, Video) 
> 
> 25th April, 7PM, Main Auditorium, India Habitat
> Centre. 
> 
> Following is a little more information about it and
> the subject matter.
> 
> The film is about the Onge tribe of the Andaman
> islands, who are rapidly growing smaller in number
> (around 70 are left). These beautiful and striking
> people, once nomadic inhabitants of these remote
> islands, may possibly hold answers about our human
> origins in their DNA sequence. But we must race
> against time and against the developmental changes
> that are adversely affecting these people. 
> 
> Shooting the film was not easy for me and my team
> either, and few other filmmakers have been allowed
> access to the tribe.
> 
> Just wanted to add that since then the subject has
> become a very live issue. The Environment Action
> Group, Kalpavriksh, recently lodged a Public
> Interest Litigation in favour of the Onge tribe, for
> which the next hearing is on April 29th. Last year
> the Supreme Court ruled in favour of another of
> their PILs banning logging activities in the
> islands. 
> 
> The Panel Discussion after the film will provide a
> forum to understand the issue and the implications
> in depth.
> 
> It includes the former Director of the
> Anthropological Survey of India, Mr.T.N.Pandit, who
> witnessed the Developmental changes inflicted on the
> Onge over a 20 year period. Professor I.S.Marwah, of
> the Deptt of Anthropology, Delhi University, will
> provide the perspective of the impact of
> globalisation on small tribal groups. And Pankaj
> Sekhsaria of Kalpavriksh will be present to update
> us on the current situation and the controversy over
> their Public Interest Litigations in the Andamans.
> 
> Looking forward to seeing you at the screening,
> 
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> S O N A L I D U T T A
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> Film & TV Director
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> 84 B.D.Estate, Delhi 110054.
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> TEL: +91-11-3973834/3961240
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> MOBILE: +91-9810269454
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