Earth Worm: Company Man - Foil Vedanta Cartel (2010 Orient Blackswan) together with Felix Padel...
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SamarendraDas,researcher,activistwriterandfilm‐makerbasedintheUKandinIndia.
Dr.FelixPadel:“Sinceweworkedtogetherhisactivismhashadimmenselybeneficialinfluences,openingthemindsofinfluentialaswellasmanyordinarypeopleinGreenland,IcelandandTrinidad‐TobagoaswellasinIndiaandothercountries.”“Whenwewroteouraluminiumbooktogetherwetooknoinstitutionalfunding,whichwasoftenextremelytough,butallowedusanopenroadtoexplorepreciselythedirectionswefeltcalledtowards.”
WIRAPDIKA(EarthWorm:CompanyMan)2005,124mins,Kui/OdiaEnglishsubtitlesShotover5years,thefeature‐lengthdocumentaryontheresistancetomegaminingcompaniesinEasternIndia.SubratKumarSahu:“WiththemostminimumbackgroundnarrationWiraPdika‐achievesamilestoneintermsofauthenticityindocumentaryfilmmaking.”
KANDHAMAL20082011,54mins,Kui/OdiaEnglishsubtitlesAdocumentaryontheHinduSupremacistsViolenceinEasternIndiastateofOdisha.Thisfilmwasshotoverfouryears.
SamarendraspentsevenyearswritingOutofThisEarth:EastIndiaAdivasisandtheAluminiumCartel(2010OrientBlackswan)togetherwithFelixPadel
EarthWorm:CompanyManfilmscreeningandtalkbySamarendraDas
Thursday29thNovember2012between11:00–13:00atFultonB,UniversityofSussex
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