U.A.I.L. Go Back!

U.A.I.L. Go Back attempts to let members of a tribal community in India explain how a proposed mineral development project backed in part by ALCAN will impact their lives and why they have opposed it since its inception in 1993. With the support of the State government, the company advocates that the aluminum industry will transform the lives of local residents bringing jobs and development. Many villagers have their own ideas of what kind of opportunities the U.A.I.L. project will bring and how it will impact the land that currently sustains them, having visited a similar established aluminum plant in the neighboring district. As of now the project has only exposed villagers to the brutality of corporate globalization as they continue to resist despite severe police repression including the murder of three local activists.

Credits:

Produced, Directed and Edited by Angad Bhalla
Oriya Translations: Pradyut Saha
Online Editor: Vippin Sharma
Original Music: Andy Gillis
Featuring Cellist: Greg Heffernan