Thanneer
Writing by admin on Thursday, 15 of March , 2007 at 10:19 pm
This video was made by Pavitheran from the Kothmale Community Radio Station. It is the result of several visits the etuktuk has made to the community living in the line houses at the Riverside tea estate. It tells the story of the struggles the community have in obtaining fresh drinking water. Pavi along with members of the community have used the video to lobby the local politician to give assistance in fixing the problem. Later in a live radio interview on Kothmale Community Radio the politician agreed to find a solution, as yet he hasn’t acted upon this promise but the community are confident that he was genuine in his intentions and the problem will be resolved.
This work is indicative of how the etuktuk and the local research team is engaging with the local community and mobilising and facilitating their use of mixed-media to solve and the radio station to solve local issues.
The film is in the Tamil language and does not have subtitles.
Category: video
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