Documentaries

Chaliyar...The Final Struggle

A film by P. Baburaj and C. Saratchandran 1998-2001/English/35  mins

1958, The Government of Kerala persuades the Birlas to open a factory in Mavoor, Kozhikkode, North Kerala. The Grasim rayon pulp factory was open for around four decades. Thousands of workers earned their living trading future lives for present. The fumes wing their way to the neighborhood spreading disease and death. Effluents gurgle into Chaliyar River poisoning everything on its way to th sea. At a time when environmental activism was unheard of, a man lead his people to save their River and their lives from the killer factory. Their dream was to see their River come back to life, and fishes leap in the Sun. A River, her people and a factory that gobbles all our precious natural resources and pollutes our land, lives, form the prinicipal characters in this film.

1000 Days and A Dream

Direction: P Baburaj & C SaratchandranIndia/2006/English/60 Mins 

"Thousand Days and A Dream" is a poignant and dramatic account of the peaceful struggle of common people against a gigantic multinational company supported by the policies of the state in which the people have been deprived of their vital, basic natural resources and livelihood.

Only An Axe Away (Oru Mazhuvinte Dooram Mathram) 

Direction: P Baburaj & C Saratchandran  India/2004/English/40 Mins

The film, Only An Axe Away, narrates the history of the unique campaign to save the Silent Valley from destructive development. Silent Valley was declared a National Park 25 years ago in 1984. But the threat to Silent Valley does not cease to exist!

The Bitter Drink (Kaipuneeru) 

Directed by P Baburaj & C Saratchandran India/2002/26 Mins

Documents the formative days of a David and Goliath battle. The people of Plachimada, Kerala, India a majority of them tribals (aborgins), launched a struggle against one of the most powerful corporates in the World - the Coca-Cola in April 22, 2002.