Famine '87 Director: Prakrit Media Collective (SATYAASHI NO DUKAL / 1988 / India / 52 min) Climate Change and Drought Synopsis: The film examines the impact of sustained scarcity and flawed ideas of modernization on the lives and land of the pastoral Banni community in the desert region of Kutch in Western Gujarat. Awards and Screenings: Telecast as a four-part series on DECU-ISRO television network in 1988 Cinema Du Reel festival of Documentaries, Paris, 1989 Telecast by La Sept/Canal Plus in France in 1990 |