Yindabad - PREVIEW

Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/yindabad.html Yindabad deals with the flipside of Indian economic development, namely how an enormous construction project impacts an indigenous population. The Narmada Valley Development Project was created during the late 1960s to construct 30 large scale dams, 135 medium-size dams and more than 3000 small-size dams in the Narmada River. Over 2.5 million people have been displaced by the flooding of forests, cultivatable land, and villages. The situation in Narmada Valley is an example of one of the biggest wars of the 21st century: water management and control of natural resources.

This documentary poses an alternative solution to this destructive development scheme - local instead of global development, and self-management instead of government control. The construction of small dams and the recovery of natural water deposits have transformed the deserted environment and restored water management to the local communities, opening the door to an encouraging future for its population.

a video by Mariano Agudo & Roi Guitián
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Asia
• India
• Jharkand
• Adivasi
• Narmada
• river
• water
• resources
• politics
• indigenous
• dam
• development
• documentary
• anthropology