Smile Pinky & Born to be Wild
On Friday, January 11th, we will screen two Eco Films: Smile Pinky and Born to be Wild.
SMILE PINKY
2008 – 39 minutes. Directed by Megan Mylan, English.
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Approximately thirty five thousand Indian children are born with cleft lips and palates every year. There are about 10 Lakhs Indians with this malady, which can easily be corrected by a simple surgical procedure, which is known to occur in 4 to 12 weeks’ foetus’ mostly due to nutritional deficiencies and/or genetics, but erroneously blamed on eclipses, and results in isolation and alienation. Five year old Pinki Sonkar and eleven year old Ghutaru Chauhan, both with cleft lips, are amongst thousands who travel, by foot and by auto-rickshaw, to G.S. Memorial Plastic Surgery Hospital in Banaras for free treatment with hopes of leading normal lives.
BORN TO BE WILD
2011 – 40 minutes. Directed by David Lickley, English.
Born to be Wild is an inspired story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orang-utans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them; saving endangered species one life at a time. Captured originally in IMAX 3D, Born to be Wild is a heartwarming adventure transporting moviegoers into the lush rainforests of Borneo with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas, and across the rugged Kenyan savannah with celebrated elephant authority Dame Daphne Sheldrick, as they and their teams rescue, rehabilitate and return these incredible animals back to the wild.