Birds with large wings
DIRECTED BY | Dr. Biju |
PRODUCED BY | Dr. A.K. Pillai |
STARCAST | Kunchacko Boban, Nedumudi Venu, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Prakash Bare |
Release Year | 2015 |
SYNOPSIS
The film depicts the after-effects of pesticide spraying through the eyes of a photographer. His first visit to the area was during a rainy season in 2001, and his photographs revealed the shocking state of the numerous victims to the world. Endosulfan-induced misery gained worldwide attention as a result of these photographs. When the photographer visited the area again in the summer of 2006, many of the young victims he had photographed during his earlier visit, had died. Even now, children are being affected with strange and debilitating diseases. In 2011, the Stockholm Summit of UN on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) recommended a total ban on endosulfan. India was the only country that opposed this decision. A year later, in 2012, the photographer returned to Kasaragod and found that the plight of these victims persisted, and that the survivors continued to suffer.