AFTERMATH – The Second Flood, a documentary featuring School of Environment Enterprise and Development researcher Simron Singh recently premiered at Vienna's prestigious 'Weltmuseum' (World museum. A packed house of close to 300 guests attended the showing.
AFTERMATH – The Second Flood was shot over seven years by filmmaker Raphael Barth. It follows the fate of the Nicobarese people, who live on a chain of 19 islands in the southeastern Bay of Bengal, in the wake of aid and development after the Tsunami 2004.
The story focuses on young people from an ancient tribe on these remote islands who are suddenly driven into a new world by the Tsunami. Overwhelmed by history's biggest wave of aid and development, they search with humour and pride for their own self- determined life in a globalized world. Instead of surrendering, the Nicobarese face the challenges. They travel to the unknown world to meet with researchers and allies.
SEED's Singh, a social/human ecologist whose research examines understanding the metabolism of local rural systems, plays a critical role in the film as one researcher struggling to understand and help manage the radically new world Nicobarese people find themselves in. Singh attended the event and participated in the podium discussion on central theme of the appropriateness of humanitarian aid, and the role of science in delivering responsible aid.
The Faculty of Environment is currently organizing a showing of AFTERMATH – The Second Flood in January. Stay tuned for details.
Find out more about AFTERMATH on its Facebook page.
