Reflection

The idea for this film stems from my homeland Bangladesh and the greater Indian Subcontinent where the terrain and nature had once shaped the lives and souls of people from ancient times. In the present, this bond has been shattered by colonialism, consumerism and rapid industrialization. Every day, I encounter the broken fragments of this bond in fleeting moments as universal as looking at a polluted road, or river flowing with plastic bags instead of fish. Even though the place where I come from is supposed to be an expansive dome of nature; filled with rustles of trees and the chirping of birds, I have never gotten to experience this natural setting. Instead, I roam in the corpse of this bond between the natural world and humans, hearing of fictional folktales and stories of nature from my room in the massive and bustling concrete city of Dhaka. Through this personal exploration of the topic, I have learned that humans have grown distant from Mother Nature and nature needs to be restored to its former glory. Nature is no longer a nurturing mother; rather, it is an elderly women yearning to be loved, saved, and cared for. My main message to the audience of my film is to highlight the sacred bond between south Asian people and nature which was destroyed by colonial philosophies of humans being superior to nature, and how this bond must be restored to its former beauty.