Screenings

Community Screening in Sidrol

On December 11th 2024, we organized the screening of our short documentary ´The Sonic Ecology of Adivasi Landscapes’ in Kotari, one of Jharkhand’s Adivasi villages in the Burmu disctrict. This is the same village where the film was created in close collaboration with the local community.

Documentary screenings about
The Consequences of Mining in Jharkhand, India

Together with the attendees, we reflected on the different ways our senses were engaged with the movie and wondered what the Adivasi soundscapes tell us about our relationship with the land. Then we had the honour to listen to postdoc student Richard Toppo telling us more about the historical context of Adivasi people, facing injustice until today.

To picture this context more concretely, the movie “Rat Trap”, made by Akhra Ranchi, was screened with an online introduction from director Rupesh Sahu. This movie zooms in on the harsh reality of illegal coalminers in Jharkhand. We closed the evening with a message of hope through the presentation of “the Right to Say No” campaign. It is a campaign by CATAPA fighting mineral extraction and unjust land acquisition in South-America.

It was an unforgettable evening which could never been facilitated without the help of CATAPA and USOS vzw!

We were very grateful for everyone who joined listening to the Adivasi stories, sharing thoughts and feelings, to continue weaving stories towards global land justice and human dignity.