THE BROKEN FLIGHT (28' 05) TIME VIDEO AUDIO NARRATION: 00 ... THE BROKEN... · THE BROKEN FLIGHT (28' 05") TIME VIDEO AUDIO 00:00 RIDER IN OPEN NATURE NARRATION: There was a time

THE BROKEN FLIGHT

(28' 05")

TIME VIDEO AUDIO

00:00 RIDER IN OPEN NATURE

NARRATION:

There was a time long ago when

the horseman rode proudly

across fields and steppes and

the eagle soared in an

immaculate sky. The rider, the

bird and the wilderness. From

time immemorial, the image

symbolized harmony with nature.

But somehow, somewhere,

something went wrong.

(31")

00:42 EAGLE FLIESACROSS

POLLUTION AND

BURNING FORESTS

(Music)

01:07 F/I TITLE:

THE BROKEN FLIGHT

(Music)

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01:19 EAGLE HUNTER

NARRATION:

Birkouchy, the ancient

tradition of hunting with

eagles. Kazakhstan is one of

the last places on earth where

this tradition survives. Though

tame with his master, the

fierceness of he eagle rivals

that of the wolf, its ultimate

prey. (15")

01:39 LANDSCAPE

OF KAZAKHSTAN

The birkouchi, the eagle

hunter, is the symbol of

Kazakhstan, a vast, rugged land

where the stark beauty of

nature dazzles in its

diversity. The winds blow

steadily across the steppes and

the tundras which stretch for

thousands of miles from the

Caspian Sea to China. (22")

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02:00 LANDSCAPE AND PEOPLE

OF KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan is the second

largest republic of the former

Soviet Union and home to the

Kazakhs, proud descendants of

Mongol warriors. But the

harmony between people and

nature is deceptive; time and

again, the land and the people

of Kazakhstan have been visited

by forces far more terrifying

and destructive than the

legendary hordes of Ghengis

Khan. (28")

02:42 NUCLEAR EXPLOSION From 1949, Kazakhstan served as

the launching pad for the

Soviet Union's journey into the

atomic age. (8")

02:56 IÿOPLE AFFECTED BY

RADIATION

More than 500 nuclear

explosions, many of them above

ground, were carried out in

eastern Kazakhstan. Hundreds

of thousands of Kazhaks have

been exposed to more radiation

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than any other people on Earth.

(17")

03:23 ATOMIC LAKE8 Over the years, scores of

nuclear devices were exploded,

not only for defence, but in

ill-conceived projects for

agriculture and mining, leaving

behind ghastly atomic lakes and

a dead land. (16")

04:01 IMAGB8 OF INDUSTRIAL

POLLUTION

Industrialisation in the former

Soviet Union was conceived as

an heroic drive towards

modernity and prosperity. The

reality is an environmental

legacy of systematic

aggression, both against man

and against nature. (16")

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04:27 SMOKING CHIMNEYS The system that produced

poisonous nuclear craters and

radioactive waste lands, lives

on in the belching smokestacks

of Semipalatinsk, the hub of

the industrial and nuclear

complex in Kazakhstan. Choking

clouds of brown coal dust burn

the eyes and make every breath

seem like a game of Russian

roulette. (22")

04:55 GHOST TOWN Vast regions of Kazakhstan have

been declared ecological

disaster areas. In some parts

of the country, pollution

levels are so high that

evacuation is the only possible

solution. (13")

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05:13 WIDOW AND SON A few older people, like this

widow with her mentally

retarded son, have remained,

refusing to join the

environmental exodus. (ii")

05:30 DOCTOR AND PATIENT Medical researchers have been

finding alarming evidence of

deteriorating health and

genetic malformation among the

residents of the worst affected

areas. (i0")

05:50 8UPERED TITLE:

IERBOL,

18 YEAR8 OLD

WITH DOCTOR

SYNC - (TRANSLATION-IN CAPS)

- "Have you lost your mom and

dad?"

- "I have my dad. Mummy died".

- "Your mummy died? What did

she die from?

06:16 Boy CRYI.G Don't cry, don't cry... We are

just having a little talk.

It's all right...

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06:32 SUPERED TITLE z

VERA PALKENA,

ENDOCRINOLOGIST

SYNC - (TRANSLATION)

"He lives with his elder sister

now. But the sister has many

children as well and they

always have problems with food.

Maybe that explains the

situation. If he had an

appropriate diet maybe it would

be a different story."(13")

06:50 CHILDREN PLAYING

POLLUTION OUTSIDE

FACTORIES

NARRATION:

Life goes on in Urst-

Kamenogorsk one of the most

ecologically ravaged cities in

the world. The children play,

oblivious to the poisons in the

air around them, while their

parents labour in the factories

amidst clouds of choking, toxic

fumes. (18")

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07:11

l

MAN IN CRANE Newly independent Republics,

like Kazakhstan, are today

saddled with massive, obsolete

and inefficient industries that

are neither economically nor

environmentally redeemable.

(13")

07:25 FACTORY INTERIOR

8HOT8

But these rusted factories are

still the workplace for

millions of men and women.

Where to begin looking for the

middle ground between the grave

risks posed by economic

collapse and ecological

catastrophe? (15")

07:45 8UPERID TITLE:

RICIARDADAMOV

FJVIRONMENTAL

OFFICER

SYNC - ÿTRANSLATION)

"Environmental protection

bodies can now shut down

industry that harms the

environment. But this raises a

new problem. What happens to

the people working in these

factories? (15")

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VOICE OVER - ADAMOV

One solution is to convert

steel factories into new

production facilities and

create jobs to produce finished

articles. (7")


This would gradually solve the

unemployment problem." (3")

08:20 TR,ÿDB UNIONIST WALKS

ZNSIDE FÿCTOR¥

NARRATION:

Boris Soloviov is a trade union

leader in Urst-Kamenigorsk. In

the country where industry is

still largely state-owned, and

where there's little prospect

of rapid change, new labour

unions are springing up.

They're becoming key players in

the struggle to correct the

worst environmental excesses,

without causing a complete

collapse of the economy. Boris

embodies a new breed of trade

union activist turned

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environmentalist. (30")


BORIS 80LOVIOV

TRADE UNION LEADER


"Today, we have in fact made

things more difficult. We have

installed a water circulation

system which means we've

practically eliminated

harmful pollutants from the

water. At what cost? Even

though in the short term we

won't have profits, we are

willing to sacrifice with a

view to long-term benefits,

because as a worker and a

father, I believe life must

have a future." (34")

09:45 OVERHEAD PAN OF

UIÿT- KAMENEGORSK

ANIMAL LIFE IN

SCHOOL BASEMENT

CHILDREN PLAYING

NARRATION:

Pollution here is so pervasive

that nature itself has been

driven underground. In a

school basement,

the children of Urst-

-ii-

WITH ' A NTMAL8 Kamenogorst learn about

something their parents never

knew or have long since

forgotten: the mystery and

wonders of nature. (20")

i0 : 17 SUPERED TITLE:

BORIa TCHERBAKOFF.

NATURP, LIaT


"These children are from Urst-

Kamenogorsk. You've seen what

it's like, the chimneys, the

factories, the plants. And the

parents of these school

children all work in those

factories. The city, being the

way it is, deprives them of any

contact with healthyÿ normal

nature. But here, they learn

about the natural environment,

they realise how man sometimes

destroys it all with his often

mindless activitieS. The

children need to be taught

about this: They're the future

of my country." (39")

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11:05 EAGLE, TRANSITION TO

SENEGAL FRESCO ON A

WALL. PAINTER

(Music)

ii:30 PAINTER AT WORK

VOICE OVER:

"Thanks to this fresco, the day

of the accident will stay in

our memory. A lot of people

died on that day. We haven't

forgotten. It happened on the

24th March 1992. I want it to

be recorded...

SUPERED TITLEÿ

PAPISTO BOY

ARTIST

SYNC - ÿTRANSLATION)

...so that our sons, and the

sons of our sons mayunderstand

that there was an ammoniac

accident explosion here in

Dakar, Senegal." (22")

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11:57 ARCHIVE IMAGE8 OF

8ONACO8 FOOD PLANT

DAKAR, SENEGAL

NARRATION:

It happened at the Sonacos food

plant. A tank containing

ammonia exploded while the

liquid was being transferred to

a silo. The explosion killed

and maimed dozens of workers on

the spot. (12")

12 : 16 MEDIUM 8HOT OF FRONT

OF 8ONACO8 BUILDING

What followed was worse: a

deadly cloud of ammoniac gas

formed. Blown by the warm

Sahalian winds, the cloud

spread beyond the plant,

killing everyone in its path.

Men, women and children working

in small shops outside the

plant fell dead at a breath.

It was one of the worst

industrial accidents in Africa:

75 people died, hundreds more

suffered serious injuries.

(34")

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13:02 VXLLAGB 0UTSIDE

DÿIÿR

The Sonacos disaster serves as

a grim remainder that

industrial accidents, whether

in Senegal or elsewhere, can

spill beyond the thin line

separating the workplace from

the rest of the environment.

(13")

13:18 BADÿX WALIÿ, VISIT8

ONB OF THB VXCTIIÿ

Landing Badji, a labour

attorney and rights activist

has taken up the cause of the

accident victims. (7")

13:46 8UPBRED TXTLB:

LANDING BADJI

L/&BOUR LAWYBR


"This is Amillo who's only

fourteen and is a living symbol

of the tragedy. The girl

worked in a small restaurant

and now her whole future has

been sacrificed. (i0")

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14:02 CLOSE UP OF AMILLOI8

8CARS

VOICE OVER - BADJI

Every day we are exposed to

tons and tons of ammoniac that

not only pollutes this

environment but which also

kills. Yet, in spite of this

constant threat to our lives,

there is no budget for the

prevention of such disasters.

We are just left to ourselves,

(19")

SYNC - TRANSLATION

just as this victim

herself."

is left to

(3")


FATIMA TOURE

EVVIRONMENTAL

OFFICER


"This train transports sulphur

which goes right through the

suburbs of Dakar. As you can

see my eyes are beginning to

sting with the wind blowing

this way. You could say this

train is a moving bomb."

(16")

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TIÿCXING 8HOT OF

FREIGHT TRAIN

VOICE OVER - FATIMA TOUPÿ

"Here again I feel that

environnmental considerations

have not been taken into

account... (4")


...and we worry that if there

were to be even a mild

accident, the whole area would

be ablaze and just vanish."

(6")

15:03 BAY OF DAIÿxR

NARRATION:

The waters of the bay of Dakar

used to be clear and blue.

Now, the bay has become an

industrial sewer. In their

fight against poverty, many

developing countries are making

a big effort to attract

industry. But the economic

benefits often carry a high

environmental price tag.

(20")

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15:50 FATIMA TOURE

ON CAMERA

SYNC - TRANSLATION

"It is absolutely necessary to

contribute effectively to the

socio-economic development of

our country and the environment

can be an important, even

crucial factor. (9")

VOICE OVER - FATIMA TOURE:

In fact, it is of fundamental

importance. After all we know

environmental resources are the

very basis of industry, and

environmental protection really

goes hand in hand with

employment creation. Some

claim that developing countries

have no right to

industrialisation. No. On the

contrary! We have every right

to industrialisation, but it

must be one that takes into

account .... (21")

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SYNC - TRANSLATION

...a rational exploitation of

environmental resources. We

have the same right to

development

countries."

as all industrial

(7")

BRI&NCH OF LEAVES,

VZLLAGERS WÿtLX/NG,

CRUMBLZNGrALL8 OF

HOUSES,

RUFI8QUEe SENEGAL

16:32

NARRATION:

In the small village of

Rufisque on the Senegalese

coast, site of the only cement

factory in Senegal, the

crumbling walls are a daily

reminder of the conflict

between environment and the

economy. (14")

16:54 Cm ST Pm T Dynamite blasting at a nearby

quarry feeds gravel to the

cement factory, which employs

thousands of workers. But the

blasts crack the walls of the

surrounding homes to the dismay

of their inhabitants. (13")

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17 : 07 WOMAN IN BEDROOM

DESCRIBING TREMORS

17:17 WOMEN SMOKING FISH

CEMENT PLANT AS A

BACKDROP

The tradition of drying fish

has been one of the village's

most important economic

activities long before the

plant arrived to alter the

quality of the fish. But an

environmental group believes

that the plant and the fish

processing can coexist in

harmony. (16")

17:36 MAN WITH SMOKED FISH

VOICE OVER - HIADEC

"When there is a wind, the

cement blows straight this way,

and as you can see, this fish

is covered in dust. (7")

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SUPERED TITLE:

JEAN PIERRE HIADEC

CONSUMERS

ASSOCIATION

SYNC - TRANSLATION

And this is what we eat...we

are not asking for

millions...all we ask for is a

warehouse. We are positive

that SOCOCIM must stay here, it

must give people work.(12")

VOICE OVER - HIADEC

...but there has to be a

sacrifice. This sacrifice can

be that ... (5")

SYNC - TRANSLATION

we accept the factory, while

the factory in turn not only

accepts us in its environment,

but cleans it up a bit as

well." (9")

18:17 SUPERED TITLE:

SADIBOU DIOP

SOCOCIM ENGINEER

SYNC - TRANSLATION

"It would be difficult to claim

that we have hardly any dust at

SOCOCIM because we do. A

cement factory can not operate

without dust, but we try to do

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something about it. That is

why. we have installed these

filters. (12")

18:33 80COCIM CEMENT PLANT

VOICE OVER - DIOP

"Over there, you hardly see

anything coming out, which

means that the filters are

working well. We need to

produce cement. If we were to

buy this cement in Europe this

factory would be in Europe, the

factory's in Senegal, but it

has to produce cement, and

jobs. So, also with regard to

employment, this unit is

extremely important." (23")

18:58 TÿZ8 AROUND AND

INSIDE CEMENT PLANT

NARRATION:

A green belt planted by the

management is now growing

around the SOCOCIM plant.

is perhaps 0nly a symbol.

a hopeful one. Many

enterprises

It

But

in both North and

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South are beginning to reject

the polluter's profile while

turning to a greener and

cleaner way of doing business.

(20")

19:29 EAGLE FLIES.

TRANSITION

VENESUELA. BEAUTY

OF TEE DELTA

The Amacuro delta in Venezuela,

home of the formidable Warao

tribe. Their ancestors resisted

the invasion of the Spanish

conquistadors who were

searching for a mythical E1

Dorado. But there is a very

real treasure here, nature's

transcendent beauty and glory.

(25")

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20:10 MAN PADDLING CANOE Few places in the world give

life to such a profuse

diversity of animals and

plants. The jungle is the

source of the oxygen we

breathe, the garden of the

plants that cure us. From time

immemorial, the Waraos have

lived in harmony with this

voluptuous, humid environment:

the land they call the realm of

the forest and the water.

(26")

20:42 BURNING FOREST But even here, the rivers are

dying and the rich, eternal

forests are being senselessly

reduced to ashes. (7")

20:53 BURNING GRAB8

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21:00 GINENEZ WALKING IN

GRÿS8 FIELD

VOICE OVER - GIMENEZ

"This is very sad for all of

us, because it means

destruction, plant life being

killed. (6")

21:19 8UPERED TITLI z

EFRAIN GIMENEZ

WARAO LEADER

SYNC - TRANSLATION

Where there is life, there is

also feeling. Nature and the

environment are being

destroyed. Fire weakens the

earth, Which looses strength

for agriculture. This means

actual destruction of nature".

(14")

21:37 NATIVES CUTTING PALM

TRRw8

NARRATION:

Wholesale cutting and clearing

of the forest has intensified

since harvesting the fruit of

the palm tree began 20 years

ago. Multinational food

companies, often with the

complicity of the local

indigenous people are now

tearing down the forest in

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search of profits. Helpless

against the destruction, the

Warao people are silent

witnesses to the agony of their

own land. (29")

22:17 SUPERED TITLE:

WARAO PEASANT

SYNC - TRANSLATION:

"The palm tree companies are

taking away our land. They

mark land, and it is (8")

VOICE OVER - PEASANT

...theirs. We, the Indians, we

have no rights. Without land

to work with... (12")

SYNC - TRANSLATION

... we are going to die. What

else can we do?" (ii")

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23:00 CLOSE UP OF VALIBEe

NATZVE8 CROWDED IN

MIBEIÿBLE CONDZTION8

NARRATION:

Victims of the degradation of

their environment, the once-

proud people of the forest,

become refugees of the war

against nature. With paradise

lost, the Warao people have

little choice but to seek

refuge in the slums of towns

and cities, like here in

Tucupita. Crowded in

conditions of unspeakable

misery, they're prey to savage

exploitation and in this

volatile environment, frequent

quarrels among dwellers are

part of the daily scene.

(32")

23:38

SYNC - IN CAPTIONS

- "Kill me, kill me, I don't

give a damn!"

- "You are a bastard!"

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23:51 WOMAN OBSERVING

FAMILY QUARREL

VOICE OVER - GONZALEZ

"What you see here is something

totally different from the

original way of life, where

they come from, as far as their

(5")

SUPERED TITLE:

JESUS GONZALEZ

WARAO DOCTOR

SYNC - TRANSLATION

... behaviour, their attitude,

everything. The Warao's

original environment was

naturally balanced. He would

take what nature gave him,

whether it was fruit or plant.

But with the deterioration of

that environment, came the

degradation of the Warao

people." (14")

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24:19 QUJÿ.ZLLZNGMÿg Z8

LED AWAY BY

POLZCEÿ

VOICE OVER - SWEPSTON

"Indigenous peoples are too

often a cheap exploited labour

force, with absolutely no

rights whatsoever. If

indigenous peoples are driven

from their lands, driven from

their traditional economic

activities (II")

8UPERED TITLE:

LEE 8ÿPSTONt

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR

ORGANIZATION

SYNC - ÿ

...driven from their ability to

maintain their own independence

and their cultural structures,

they do become a cheap labour

force. We see it Dver and

over, in every part of the

world. Now, how do we reverse

that process? (13")

VOICE OVER - SWEPSTON

Well, one way has to be to find

ways to keep people in their

traditional economic

activities, that's first. Not

send them back but keep them

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there in the first place. And

for this, there must be a more

rational use of the resources."

(14")

25:13 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

FÿING THE

NARRATION:

Vegetables sown by local

communities now grow in the

heart of the forest.

Agriculture not only provides

work and livelihood for the

inhabitants, it contributes to

the protection of a vulnerable

environment. And it serves as

a reminder that the culture,

economics and ethics of

indigenous people have enabled

them to live and work for

centuries in harmony with their

natural environment. (26")

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25:43 HOUSES AÿNG A RIÿR

BANK

Fragile environments, here, in

Senegal, Kazakhstan and

elsewhere, are jeopardised by

greed, economic

shortsightedness or just plain

stupidity. (14")

26:01 PROFILE OF JESUS

GONZALEZ

The world has much to learn

from the ancestral experience

of indigenous people in

satisfying human needs while

preserving nature. The lesson

of sustainable development is

not ours to impose; it is ours

to learn. (19")

26:26

26:31

WIRE FENCE,.

GONSKLBÿ ON CAMERA

VOICE OVER/SYNC - TRANSLATION

"Is this the civilization they

want to impose on us, that

brings about the destruction of

nature? Or wouldn't it be

better for us to just teach

society how to conserve nature,

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how to live in harmony with it.

Because in the end,

nature that ensures

planet."

it is

life on our

(19")

BND CRBDIT827:21 (Music)

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