Drowned Out
Directed by Franny Armstrong.
UK.2002. 75 minutes. Documentary

Three years in the making, this is the sotry of the building of the Narmada dam and the tribal Indian family who decide to stay and drown in their own home rather than accept financial compensation to relocate to a city slum where their farming skills would be little use. A fascinating film that investigates the human cost of economic development in the name of poverty relief.