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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
SAMPUR: Documentary trailer
- - on 03/29/2016
Thousands of individuals from across Sri Lanka have been displaced for years, some multiple times.
For over a decade, the Centre for Policy Alternatives (the institutional home of Groundviews)
has documented issues related to displacement and returns, advocating
reform and litigating on unjust and arbitrary practices. Two cases CPA
has followed closely for years, supporting litigation and advocating
land releases and durable solutions include the areas in the Jaffna
district and in Sampur, Trincomalee district. With the promise of
reparations and reform by the present government, some progress has been
made in both these areas -some land -owners being able to return home
after years of displacement. In its most recent initiative, CPA has
commissioned a documentary titled ‘SAMPUR’, capturing the continuing
struggles with displacement, challenges awaiting return to ones home and
the hope of a new future.
Shot and produced by the award-winning documentary filmmaker and visual
journalist Kannan Arunasalam, the documentary will be launched on 6
April 2016 and will be available on www.tjsrilanka.org.
The trailer is available on Facebook and also on Vimeo. It can be also seen below.
