Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas: Land Grabbing

Kulturhusetstadsteatern

Dead donkeys fear no hyenas.  Swedish Human Rights Film Festival.  Klarabiografen 2017

Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas

Human Rights Film Festival


Klarabiografen


A documentary thriller investigating the murky concept of ‘land grabbing,’

15:00 to 15:30  Q & A with director Joakim Demmer. Read more about Director Demmer’s inspiration for the film . 

Around the globe, there is a massive commercial rush for farmland – the new green gold. One of the most profitable new spots for farming is Ethiopia.

Hoping for export revenues, the Ethiopian government leases millions of hectares of allegedly unused land to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side – the most massive forced evictions in modern history, lost livelihoods of small farmers, harsh repression and a vicious spiral of violence. Contributing to this disaster are the EU, the World Bank and DFID, Providing billions of dollars in development money.

Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas investigates These foreign land Investments and exposes Their impact on people’s lives. In the pursuit of truth, we meet investors, development bureaucrats, persecuted journalists struggling Environmentalists and small farmers deprived of Their Country.

Human Rights Film Festival’s website: http://humanrightsfilmfestival.se/index.php/2017/02/14/dead-donkeys-fear-no-hyenas/

More info: http://www.deaddonkeysfearnohyenas.com/

about the film

Director:  Joakim Demmer
Length:  1 hr 30 mins

Information

Scene

Klarabiografen

Premiere

April 2, 2017

Price

  • Regular:$ 100
  • Seniors:80 SEK
  • Students:80 SEK

Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas: Land Grabbing

Kulturhusetstadsteatern

Dead donkeys fear no hyenas.  Swedish Human Rights Film Festival.  Klarabiografen 2017

Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas

Human Rights Film Festival


Klarabiografen


A documentary thriller investigating the murky concept of ‘land grabbing,’

15:00 to 15:30  Q & A with director Joakim Demmer. Read more about Director Demmer’s inspiration for the film . 

Around the globe, there is a massive commercial rush for farmland – the new green gold. One of the most profitable new spots for farming is Ethiopia.

Hoping for export revenues, the Ethiopian government leases millions of hectares of allegedly unused land to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side – the most massive forced evictions in modern history, lost livelihoods of small farmers, harsh repression and a vicious spiral of violence. Contributing to this disaster are the EU, the World Bank and DFID, Providing billions of dollars in development money.

Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas investigates These foreign land Investments and exposes Their impact on people’s lives. In the pursuit of truth, we meet investors, development bureaucrats, persecuted journalists struggling Environmentalists and small farmers deprived of Their Country.

Human Rights Film Festival’s website: http://humanrightsfilmfestival.se/index.php/2017/02/14/dead-donkeys-fear-no-hyenas/

More info: http://www.deaddonkeysfearnohyenas.com/

about the film

Director:  Joakim Demmer
Length:  1 hr 30 mins

Information

Scene

Klarabiografen

Premiere

April 2, 2017

Price

  • Regular:$ 100
  • Seniors:80 SEK
  • Students:80 SEK

Starving Ethiopia helping India feed its 1.2 billion people (CNN)

[Caption: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on as External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Ethiopian Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed greet each other after signing an MoU at National Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to lease fertile farm land to India.] By Mohammad Amir Anwar (CNN)The global food price crises between 2008 and 2009 led

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World Bank Denies Blame For Deadly Ethiopian Evictions

This post was originally published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The World Bank has denied responsibility for the violent evictions of an indigenous group by a major client, the Ethiopian government, and declined to press for compensation for families that have been forced from their homes. Inclusive Development International, a U.S.-based human

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Tanzania’s Masai face homeland eviction…so Dubai royals can hunt

AFP AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan Africa, Human rights, Law Masai people living in northern Tanzania are facing eviction from their historical homeland, as the government has reportedly reneged on a promise and is proceeding with plans to remake the land into a hunting reserve for Dubai’s royal family. There are about 40,000 Masai people

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Tanzania’s Masai face homeland eviction…so Dubai royals can hunt

AFP AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan Africa, Human rights, Law Masai people living in northern Tanzania are facing eviction from their historical homeland, as the government has reportedly reneged on a promise and is proceeding with plans to remake the land into a hunting reserve for Dubai’s royal family. There are about 40,000 Masai people

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