Synopsis for the Film

This is the tale of a beautiful land and its beautiful people, of ancient rituals and peaceful cultures. The Bard and the Baiga take us on a mysterious journey of song and legend through the indigenous communities who have lived in the mountain tracts and forests of the Eastern Ghats since the beginning of time. The trees, the mountains, the animals all are revered as a central part of the cycle of life in these once isolated regions. Now as the ancient rich lands are under siege from the ideology and paradigms of liberalization and development, the land that once sustained them itself becomes the source of its people’s greatest insecurities. A way of life continuing over the ages now teeters on the brink of existence and its voices and screams are stifled by the ruthless cartels of the wheels of change and an apathetic media. With insights from renowned activist and writer Mahasweta Devi, Director Vinod Raja’s Silver Conch-winning poignant and striking ‘Mahua Memoirs’ allows us a rare glimpse of the beautiful life through the eyes of the adivasis and documents their struggles against the merciless mining that is consuming their lands and lives.

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