Swamp dialogues

Original title Dialoguri de baltă

The Danube Delta in Romania – the “Last European Sanctuary” – is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect biodiversity, the plight of local communities is largely overlooked. Social scientists claim that the traumatic nature of the swamp bears heavy on the villagers’ lives. But is Nature really to blame? The film is based on extensive field-research about the creation of wilderness in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Through a careful ‘argument montage’ built entirely on cinematic language the film represents an anthropological analysis while reflecting on epistemological question of knowledge production in social sciences.

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Author/s Ildikó Plájás

ildikoplajas@gmail.com

Research Ildikó Plájás
Photography Ildikó Plájás
Sound Ildikó Plájás
Editing Ildikó Plájás