Labour, Livelihoods and Environment

Theme: LABOUR, LIVELIHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT

(The Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival ended on 25th December 2022. Please email space.kriti@gmail.com if you are keen to watch these and similar films.)

AMRITA

(06:20/  2019/ Animation/ India)
Dir.: Swati Agarwal

This film is on a community’s deep-rooted concern for protecting its natural resources. A playful, fictionalised account of a true story from Rajasthan’s Bishnoi community, the film tries to tap into our conscience for environmental protection.

ANYA RATNAYAKA on the Colombo Wetlands and the Urban Fishing Cat (Animate Her series)
(6.20 mins/ English with English Subtitles / 2022/ Animation/ Sri Lanka)
Dir. Irushi Tennekoon
In this animated interview, wildlife conservationist, Anya Ratnayaka talks about how Colombo is a complex wetland habitat - a fact that is little known to its own residents. 

LAKMINI WIJESUNDERA on Building Global Tech Brands (Animate Her series)
(06:07 mins/ English with Eng. subtitles/ 2022/ Animated Interview/ Sri Lanka)
Dir.: Irushi Tennekoon

In this short animation, technology entrepreneur Lakmini Wijesundera talks about her passion to start and build innovative IT products and platforms that create a global impact. She advises young technology entrepreneurs to embrace risk and bear in mind that luck is derived from hard work.

PINS AND NEEDLES - Labouring Bodies in the Gurgaon Garment Industry
(30 mins./ Hindi and English with Eng subtitles./ 2021/ Docu/ India)
Dir. Natasha Badhwar
Behind the glamour and allure of fast fashion is the scandalous everyday exploitation of individual workers - most of them migrant, a large number of them women. This documentary showcases the struggles and the resistance of women workers in Gurgaon's garment sector. 

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