07 September 2010

Avatar 2: Real People on a Familiar Planet

Photo from imdb.com
The plot is similar: indigenous people being forced off of their native land by an energy-developing company looking to seek out new sources. No matter what the cost.
But this time the scene is all too real. Avatar director James Cameron said Sunday that he plans to film a 3D documentary of the Amazonian people who are protesting the construction of a dam on the Xingu River for fear it could flood their tribal lands.
"I want to return to meet some of the leaders of the Xikrin - Kayapo tribe who invited me," said Cameron. "I want to take a 3D camera to film how they live, their culture."
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave the go-ahead last week for the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on the tributary to the Amazon River. The government states that, 'no indigenous land would be threatened and that it has spent millions on reducing the social and environmental impact of the dam' while opponents cry fowl.  The Belo Monte would cause the displacement of 16,000 people because it would create a flood zone of 500 square kilometers along the banks of the Xingu.
Cameron has visited the Xikrin - Kayapo tribe in the past and plans to put that footage on the DVD re-release of Avatar at the end of this year. Terra Daily

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