Every Friday we get together to watch a film with themes that relate to Sadhana Forest. These can be films about environment, natural history, social issues, etc.
We open this evening to guests and welcome anyone that would like to share this evening with us. Reservations are not required. We provide a free shuttle bus from the center of Auroville to Sadhana Forest and back. Before the featured film we have a tour of the project, explaining the project’s mission, achievements, challenges, and future aspirations.
After the film we provide a vegan, organic dinner free of charge. This evening is given as a gift. To read more about why we don't charge for activities such as these go to: "Gift Economy".
Kisilu: The Climate Diaries
47 Minutes / 2015 / English / Julia Dahl
Climate change is affecting all regions of the globe, but some places are more vulnerable than others. Refusing to fall victim to the weather, Kisilu, a Kenyan smallholder farmer, uses a camera to capture the human impact of climate change. Filming over four years, he documents the floods, droughts and storms that menace his and his community’s farms, forcing some to stop tending the fields and seek work in towns and cities.
46 Minutes / 2017 / English / Directed by: Complexity Labs
Cities have been for thousands of years the centers of civilization as they have watched empires, kingdoms, governments, and corporations come and go. But in the space of just a few decades our urban fabric is undergoing a radical transformation. This documentary explores this changing landscape and the development of urban networks as the emerging geography of connectivity in an age of globalization.
63 Minutes / 2007 / English / Scott J. Gill
The Mars Underground is a documentary that follows Dr. Zubrin and his team as they try to bring this incredible dream of getting humans to Mars in the next ten years to life. This film takes us on a daring first journey to the Red Planet and envisions a future Mars teeming with life and terraformed into a blue world.
59 Minutes / English / David Coleman & Ashok Prasad
In this documentary world-acclaimed statistician, Professor Hans Rosling, introduces an amazing depiction of our rapidly developing world, regarding the population growth. He’ll tell you how world’s population is changing and what today’s data tell us about the future of the world we live in. We undeniably face huge challenges, but the good news is that the future may not be quite as gloom and that mankind already is doing better than many of you think.
92 Minutes / English / 2015 / Directed by Costa Boutsikaris
Inhabit explores the many environmental issues facing us today and examines solutions that are being applied using the ecological design process called ‘Permaculture’. It is a design method that uses the principles found in ecosystems to help shift our impact from destructive to regenerative. Focused mostly on the Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States, Inhabit provides an intimate look at permaculture peoples and practices ranging from rural, suburban, and urban landscapes.
42 Minutes / English / 2016 / Directed by Jörg Seibold
The pursuit of money, power and happiness is rooted deeply within the human psyche. Do greed and egoism drive our vision of a perfect life? From Buddhists and bankers to Eskimos and psychologists, this documentary explores the phenomenon of greed with people from all walks of life and raises questions: How can it be defined? What makes us greedy? And what are the repercussions?
42 Minutes / English / 2016 / Directed by Jörg Seibold
The pursuit of money, power and happiness is rooted deeply within the human psyche. Do greed and egoism drive our vision of a perfect life? From Buddhists and bankers to Eskimos and psychologists, this documentary explores the phenomenon of greed with people from all walks of life and raises questions: How can it be defined? What makes us greedy? And what are the repercussions?
77 Minutes / English / 2009 / Directed by Jenny Stein
Presented through a woven tapestry of memories, music, and breathtaking accounts of life-altering moments, the film provides insight into the farmers’ sometimes amazing connections with the animals under their care, while also making clear the complex web of social, psychological and economic forces that have led them to their present dilemma.
65 Minutes / non-narrative / 2010 / Directed by Patrick Rouxel
A poetical film on the beauty of the Amazon forest and the harsh impact of the cattle and soy industries. It focuses on the double crime behind the cattle industry: on one hand, the deforestation for pasture and on the other, the daily merciless slaughter of cows by the thousands. This documentary invites us to question our consumer habits, to open our eyes and hearts, and allow room for empathy.
52 Minutes / English / 2005 / Directed by Patrick Rouxel
The film is both a poetical film on the biodiversity of the Indonesian tropical rainforest and an insight into the logging industry in Indonesia. The first part of the film is centered around the character of a large male orangutan as it gently roams in the forest. The second part of the film is about the timber industry, the pulp and paper industry, and land conversion for palm oil plantations. The film also puts the onus on the working conditions of the local population. Not only is the logging industry destroying the rainforest, it is also exploiting the « little » people who have no choice but to accept poorly paid and dangerous jobs.
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