Dolly Kikon

Abundance: Living with a Forest

Indigenous Foragers Invigorate Sustainable Practices India

Year:

2024

Length:

22 min

Country:

India

Language:

Lotha Naga

Director:

Dolly Kikon

SYNOPSIS

Abundance: Living with a Forest is a biography of foraging, forest and jhum cultivation. It follows Zareno, a Lotha forager in the forest of Khumtsü, and traces the foraged edible plants as they make their way to the market in Wokha town. The film gestures to an impending loss that Indigenous communities encounter across the world. The film highlights indigenous foraging practice in the Eastern Himalayan region and the commitment of foragers and community members to work towards renewal of Indigenous values, courage, and sustainable practice.

about the director

Dolly Kikon is an Indigenous professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her PhD from the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University in 2013. She is from Nagaland, India, and this is her second ethnographic movie looking at Indigenous food practices.

 is an Indigenous professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her PhD from the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University in 2013. She is from Nagaland, India, and this is her second ethnographic movie looking at Indigenous food practices.