Earth Witness: Reflections on the Times and The Timeless

(60 min; 2011; dvd; English subtitles)

Director: Akanksha Joshi

 

Film courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

Winner, 8th Developmental Film Festival on Climate Change and Food Security, Dhan Foundation, Madurai 2013; Best Film Award, Climate Change and Sustainable Technologies and Best Cinematography, 6th CMS Vatavaran Environment and Wild Life Film Festival 2011; Jury Special Mention, 5th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala 2012

 

Four common people – a teacher, a farmer, a shepherd, a father – find themselves in the front line of the earth’s biggest, most complex crisis: climate change. Belonging to India’s ancient tribes, they bear witness to the science behind the changes that affect their day to day life. Living in diverse climatic regions – the mountains of Nagaland, the grasslands of Kutch, the Gangetic delta and the forests of Central India – they use this challenge as part of their art with nature. Their live’s journey through the dark labyrinths of the multidimensional crisis, reflecting stories of our times – of trees, mining, monkeys, logging, rivers, seeds, waterfalls, flowers – and the spirit of the timeless