Bangladeshi filmmaker Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s 2020 London and Busan selection “The Salt in Our Waters,” which will play at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Gl…
Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 8, is a stark reminder of the issues the event is trying to highlight.
The families located in the hamlet were forced to relocate to nearby villages and many of them had to find alternate professions as the erratic weather affected the supply of the Hilsa fish, prized in Bangladesh, eastern India and Myanmar. During his July visit, Sumit met several members of the fishing community who appeared in the film. “I discovered that the awful reality of their lives is far more severe than my film’s story,” says Sumit. “I want to tell the world about these people’s suffering, which is why I applied for the United Nations Climate Conference COP26. I’d want to express my gratitude to the organizers for allowing my film to highlight the narrative of the artisanal fishing community.
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