Ranchi: The 48-minute documentary with a tribal filmmaker based in Ranchi Deepak Bara in the Mica industry and the dangers of Jharkhand associated with him among the local population have pocketed the award of sustainable development goals in “Japanese gift 2021”.
Give the ugly side title of beauty, the film digs far into the world of hidden mica mining in the district of Koderma and Girech and explores the trade that feeds greedy demand for beauty products.
But in Flipside, it shows how poor and marginalized, including children in this rich district of Mica, continues to fight hunger, poverty, environment and health hazards.
The award took place in Tokyo on November 9 through a virtual ceremony where the film received a victory among 267 entries from 48 countries competing this year.
Japanese gifts are organized by NHK (Japanese Broadcaster), the maker said.
Established in 1965 by NHK, The Japan Prize is an international contest that respects the top education program throughout the world.
This film is produced by Visual Moving Co.
in Singapore.
While Deepak was many times from India for this project, other key players for this film include Sumitra Gopal (producer), and Galen Yeo (creative director).
This week, Bara has now scheduled open screening films in Xiss-based city.
Talking to TOI on Thursday, Bara said the main goal behind making a documentary about this is to start the debate around the rampaging problems around the Mika industry in Jharkhand for decades and encourage authority to wake up.
He said, “Even in Bihar who is not divided, there is no consolidation policy to regulate the mica industry here.
After the creation of Jharkhand too, nothing is done so far.
As a result, around 10 people, mostly tribes in the coderma and gireches, are forced to Conducting illegal mica mining that risks their lives but eventually get less than a minimum wage per day.
Over the years, people live in the disaster zone here.
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Docu on Mica Bags International Award
