'Where do you draw the line?' Documentary

'Where do you draw the line?'

Documentary film exploring the complex issues surrounding an indigenous community in the Ecuadorian
Amazon fighting enforced oil extraction on their land.
WordSmith ProductionsFounded in 2013 in by Mike & Joseph, following the production
of Where Do You Draw The Line? in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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'Where do you draw the line?' is a documentary telling the story of a small indigenous community fighting enforced oil extraction in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 

Narrated by Daddy G of Massive Attack and filmed in Sani Isla and Ecuador’s capital city, Quito, this feature-length self-funded documentary film tells the story of the indigenous Kichwa community living in Sani Isla along the Napo River, bordering the Yasuni national park.

It features:
Academics who explain the governments push for oil in order to fund development;
Leading researchers who demonstrate the unique species and rich biodiversity existing within the region;
Community members explaining their long history in the area, and their plans for a sustainable future based on eco-tourism for future generations;
And a government minister who was part of a now cancelled initiative which could have saved the region entirely.

Repeatedly threatened with enforced oil extraction by both the government and military on their ancestral land, the people of Sani Isla have thus-far remained strong in the face of Petro-dollar$, resolving instead to maintain their traditional way of life.

Breaking their bond with a forest that has sustained their people for generations would be the death of their culture and community.

In a globalised world of mass consumption run on fossil fuels, could it be that we all play in a part in the destruction of this pristine rainforest? If so, 'Where do you draw the line?'


Production notes:
This is a first-time documentary planned, filmed, produced and edited by a self funded team of university graduates on an almost non-existant budget. This documentary is a labour of love released with the intention of giving the people of Sani Isla a platform on which to tell their story...


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