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Images from Lyari - Highway of Tears
A victim of forced eviction |
Documentary Films
COHRE produces documentary films on issues relevant to housing rights and forced evictions. You can watch these documentaries now by following the links below.
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Cambodia for Sale - Stop Evictions (2009, 57 minutes)
More than 150,000 people live under threat of eviction in Cambodia, including approximately 80,000 in the capital Phnom Penh. Cambodia for Sale, filmed between 2006 and 2008 by Nana Yuriko, tells the story of some of these communities, through the eyes of the communities themselves, and the Cambodian and international activists working to support them.
View the trailer for Cambodia For Sale here
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| An IDP advocate and her child |
Wars and Waves (2007, 28 mins)
In the beautiful island state of Sri Lanka, the double tragedy of a natural disaster and persistent conflict have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Many of those who lost everything to the December 2004 tsunami still wait for permanent housing, in the midst of bureaucratic muddling and wasted opportunities.
Meanwhile Muslim families evicted from the country’s north 17 years ago continue to live in temporary shelters – forgotten victims of ethnic cleansing in the vicious internecine conflict. And now the recommencement of the war is forcing people to flee their homes once more towards refugee camps and uncertain futures…
WATCH "WARS AND WAVES" HERE>>
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| A forced eviction for the Lyari Expressway |
Lyari - Highway of Tears (2006, 28 mins)
Launched at the 2006 World Urban Forum in Vancouver, COHRE's latest documentary is about the forced eviction of approximately 200,000 people living along the Lyari River in Karachi, Pakistan. The Lyari River is the site of a massive development project, the Lyari Expressway. This documentary includes footage of forced evictions as they happen, interviews with people who have been evicted and resettled, interviews with government officials and interviews with communities facing eviction in the near future.
WATCH "LYARI - HIGHWAY OF TEARS" HERE >>
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| Child in tent, Indore |
On the Map (2005, 8 mins)
In the Indian city of Indore, over half the 2 million residents live in slum conditions. With no security of tenure, slum dwellers fall prey to land speculation and forced eviction - violations of their basic human rights.
Non-Government Organisation Deenbandhu (Friends of the Poor), have developed challenging, innovative and peaceful means of working with the urban poor, to resist evictions and claim their rightful place in the city, ensuring slum communities are for the first time "on the map".
WATCH "ON THE MAP" HERE >>
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| House in Pommahakan, Bangkok |
Pommahakan – People of the Fort (2003, 12 mins)
For more than six generations, the people of Pommahakan have lived a traditional lifestyle in the bustling heart of Bangkok, preserving its sacred trees and old houses. In recent times, they faced eviction at the hands of the city authorities, who want to turn their land into a park. The community proposed a cheaper alternative, but will the authorities listen?
WATCH "POMMAHAKAN" HERE >>
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