Direction: Miriam CHANDY MENACHERRY

Synopsis

The authorities of Mumbai are cutting down thousands of trees to expand the public transport network, threatening a forest where a community of 10,000 indigenous people live. At the forefront, Prakash Bhoir leads a relentless battle to protect this sacred land and the leopard they venerate. In this fight to preserve the “green lungs” of India’s financial capital, he allies with a hip-hop group, receives legal advice, but his biggest support comes from his wife, Pramila, who takes the frontline in a battle with major political stakes. Together, this marginalized couple finds themselves, albeit reluctantly, elevated to leadership, facing floods, fires, and leopard attacks to defend their cause, establishing themselves as figures in the climate struggle in one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.

Duration: 40 minutes
Year: 2022
Feature-length documentary competition