FILM PROGRAMME AT VIRKA KINO
(Virka Gallery, Sofiankatu 1)
Free entrance
VIRKA KINO 30.9.- 6.10.2011
BAHA (The Tale Of A Wild Flower)
Shriprakash, India
2008, 117 min, Fiction
Friday 30.9. and Tuesday 4.10. 17.00
This is the story of a tribal boy who wants to become a singer in the capital city of a poor and tribal dominated province in India, and whose parents want him to be an officer. This is his journey to become a singer in a town where audio tape technology is the only available medium of expression. In the age of a market economy, the film tells his personal journey colored with love and betrayal, and also presents the musical tradition and caste system in this new economic system. The first awarded feature film in Nagpuri language.
From the Heart of the World: A Message from the Elder Brothers
Alan Ereira, Colombia
1993, 87 min, Documentary
Saturday 1.10. and Sunday 2.10. 10.30 and 13.00
Why do the Kogi people call us their "younger brothers"? What is their solution to our current environmental crisis? A remote South American tribe delivers their prophetic message.
The Bee, the Bear and the Kuruba
Vinod Raja, India
2001, 63 min, Documentary
Saturday 1.10. and Sunday 2.10. 12.00 and 14.30
A film on the conservation values of the Jenu Kurubas and Betta Kurubas, an indigenous tribe living in the forests of Nagarahole in Southern India. Sharing honey with bears they lived in the forests for ages, but today they are being driven out from their ancestral lands as an eco-development project of the state and the World Bank gets underway and a luxury tourist resort comes up in the core area of the forests.
Ilayum Mullum (Leaves and Thorns)
K.P. Sasi, India
1993, 90 min, Fiction
Monday 3.10. and Wednesday 5.10. 17.00
This film is a critical reflection on the widely-held belief in the power and respect enjoyed by women in Kerala, a state in Southern India known for its high literacy and political awareness, its matrilineal tradition, and relatively high degree of employment among women. This myth is questioned from a women’s perspective and forms the central issue of the film. Ilayum Mullum is based on actual incidents that took place in Kerala. European premiere was held at Venice Film Festival.
Taistelu joesta (Struggle over River)
Maria Lappalainen. T: Silva Mysterium
2010, 72 min, Documentary
Thursday 6.10. 15.00 (with english subtitles) and 17.00 (with finnish subtitles)
In Uruguay, there is a collision between a pulp factory and the local people. How does the controversial Botnia pulp factory really impact the environment and development of the area in Uruguay? Whose terms determine the way of development?
VIRKA KINO 7.- 9.10.2011
( nonstop, fri 9-19, sat-sun 10-16 )
Earth-sustained human life evicted by over-consumption
Ville-Veikko Hirvelä, Cameroon, India, Mexico
2011, approx. 40 min, Documentary
Documentary on indigenous Adivasi, Triqui and Baka communities´ sustainable life under threat in Central India, San Juan Copala/Mexico and Cameroon.
Impacts
Serge Marti & Gemma Sethsmith, useampi
2010, 20 min, Documentary
Impacts shows how large-scale industries (plantations, coal mining and oil extraction) impact on indigenous peoples’ livelihoods and rights as well as contribute to global climate change.
Forest Guard
Nanang Sujana, Indonesia
2011, 22 min, 2011, Documentary
From Papua to Sumatra, the representatives of indigenous peoples share their voices for the Indonesian rainforests. The film shows the relationship of the indigenous peoples to their forests, and also how the forest has degraded during the last two decades. Indigenous peoples’ movement is struggling to get the recognition of their rights in Indonesian law. This is the basic requirement for sustainable forest management in the country.