Aamakaar The Turtle People

by Surabhi Sharma (75m)

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Aamakaar                  – The Turtle People tells the story of                  preservation. A people of a village in North                  Kerala fight to preserve their village, and                  their livelihoods, threatened by sand mining                  on their estuary. For the last ten years they                  have been conserving Olive Ridley Turtles that                  come to their beach to nest. They see the preservation                  of a species on the verge of extinction as an                  extension of their fight against the destruction                  of their estuary, their village, and their lives.

The film follows the rhythm of work in the village                  to unfold this struggle for existence of a species,                  of a people.

Produced By: chrysalis films, india