Films: 27 April 2015 at 18:30
Ambi Jiji’s Retirement
(29 min; 2007; dvd; English)
Director: Nandini Bedi
Recipient of the First Prize at Jeevika 2007: South Asia Livelihood Documentary Competition; and Zee News Livelihood Award, 4th CMS Vatavaran 2007
Ambi Jiji one of the caretakers of community owned lands, always planted her crops on soil where forests have been burnt. The jhum field would then be abandoned and left to regenerate into a forest and a new one burnt. But increasingly, jhum fields are being turned into orchards which provide cash and security. Through Ambi Jiji and her daughters, we see the passing of a way of life in a remote village in Meghalaya
Reviving Faith – A Himalayan Journey…In Search of the Lost Tradition of Conservation
(60 min; 2008; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Rishu Nigam
Recipient of Focus: Natural Heritage Conservation Award, 5th CMS Vatavaran 2009
The film takes viewers into the sacred groves of the Himalayas that are still alive because of the faith of its people. It traces the struggles of the Himalayan people to save their forests from being plundered and raises the critical question – can the modern world restore the faith that conserved nature, before it gets too late?
Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
