Green: at what price?

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2018

Screened on Kenyan Nat’l TV 2018, Norwegian TV 2018 ( distributed by Journeyman)

Reforestation, environmental development, growth in the developing world: when does a green economy come at too high a price?

The Ugandan Government wants to encourage development and boost its forest reserves. They’ve leased over 8000 hectares of land to Norwegian based company, Green Resources, Africa’s largest forestation company. This sounds like a good news story in Africa, except that Bukaleba Forest Reserve, on the shores of Lake Victoria, has been home to thousands of rural people for decades.

These villagers are indicative of 90 % of rural Africans who have no land title; they are being forced from the land they have lived on for years.

This film investigates how rural communities are being displaced in the name of the environment.
We hear from the villagers, the Land Ministry, the company at the core. ‘Green: at what price?’ not only highlights the plight of Ugandan villagers, but reveals a vital scenario playing out across Africa and around the globe.

Screened at numerous International Film Festivals, including Africa World Documentary Festival, 2018