promo pidlisan's gold

DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE CLASH BETWEEN TRANSNATIONAL GOLDMINES AND THE IGOROT TRIBES OF THE CORDILLERASMOUNTAINS, NORTHERN PHILIPPINES.

The Filippine project: PIDLISAN's GOLD. Under the influence of neo liberalism and globalization the Cordilleras Mountains in the North Philippines opened to the large-scale mining industry. Eight big mining multinationals now have this entire vast mountainous region in concession to take away the gold and other resources.
The Igorot, the indigenous inhabitants of this area, are world famous for their irrigated rice terraces, which secured their existence for centuries. The mining industry threatens the rice terraces. The water disappears or gets contaminated. The film shows two inhabitants of the Igorot village Pidlisan: the village elder Daluyin and Cadlos, the Lampisa ('water keeper'), in their search for the consequences of large-scale mining industry in this vast mountainous country. Length: 40', digital video (mini dv). Country and year of production: The Philippines/ The Netherlands, 2006.




Indigenous participants of the
Igorot mountain tribes are trained
in the use of camera, sound, editing
and direction,
The film represents the indigenous
perspective on their changing reality
The film was financed by UNESCO and NCDO,
(National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development , The Netherlands)
within the framework of Unesco's ICT4ID
programme for stimulating endogenous film production.


WWW.UNESCO.ORG
WWW.WIEKLENSSENFILM.NL

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• Rufus Saati
• multinationals

[maggie5179]

what's the main point? come'on guys!, save these mountains for future generations. be aware of how nature react against human's activity. please not another avalanched like what happened in little kibungan village