This film reveal the human face of logging in Papua New Guinea. They are tales of exploitation and broken promises, where local people are treated as second-rate citizens in their own country by Malaysian logging companies and corrup politicians. Customary landowners are forced into signing documents they don't understand, for the promise of development: fresh water, health and education, but these essential services are rarely provided. Instead, their traditional hunting grounds are destroyed, waterways polluted, and their way of life ruined forever.

24mins/2011/16:9/Papua New Guinea
From the same author, Big Damage (24mins)

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The film is available for free at http://www.bikpelabagarap.com/

Festivals - Official Selection :
Agitprop International Film Festival on Peoples’ Struggles – Manila, the Philippines (2011)
Portobello Film Festival – London, United Kingdom (2011)
ânûû-rû âboro Peoples’ Film Festival – Pwêêdi Wiimîâ, New Caledonia (2011)
Docubazaar Independent Documentary Film Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia (2011)