Thank you for coming out to last week’s movie screening for Indonesia’s rainforests. If you weren’t able to make it to the event, don’t worry – below is everything you need to watch the movies at home and pass them along to your friends!
Here is a brief summary of the three films we showed:
Orang Rimba: Happiness Lies in the Forest is a video that tells the tale of the Orang Rimba. These are people whose culture is tied to the rainforest – without it they can no longer be Orang Rimba. This movie shows the human cost of rainforest destruction and how governments and private corporations can overlook the rights of native peoples in the name of “progress” and “development”.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5tzwv_orang-rimba-happiness-lies-in-the-f_shortfilms
Willie Smits was called to action when he rescued a dying orangutan from a garbage heap in an Indonesian market. Not satisfied with merely running care centers, he is creating new forests that address the needs of the area’s humans and animals.
http://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest.html
Green is an emotional story of an orangutan that shows how deforestation is driven by products we consume every day. This film provides a link between the consumption practices of the developed world, the industrial processes that make our lifestyle possible, and the plight of the animals and forests that bear the cost.
The Orang Rimba do not write. Like the trees and the orangutans, they cannot tell their story to the world. It is up to those of us who can pass on these messages to do so. We can also make changes in our own lives so that we do not contribute to the problems facing our planet. I would like to close by asking you to show people these movies and take steps so that your life is not a cause of suffering to others. Thank you for everything you do to heal our world.
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