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.