City’s defence against natural disasters weakened: experts

Faiza Ilyas in DAWN:

KARACHI, Aug 11: Unplanned coastal development, large-scale land reclamation and a constant discharge of toxic waste into the sea have not only depleted marine resources over the years but have also caused multiple problems for coastal communities who mostly suffer in silence.

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SHEHRI launches documentary on Karachi’s coast

Report in The Express Tribune:

Shehri-CBE, a Karachi-based non-profit organisation, launched a documentary on “Sahil – the coast of Karachi” at Avari hotel on Wednesday. “We should show it to the bureaucrats and the lawmakers and maybe then they will feel they should do something,” remarked another member of the audience.

The documentary explores the effects of development and land reclamation on Karachi’s coast and the life forms associated with it. It was shot at the different settlements located along the entire 370-kilometre coastline and depicts how over the years our coastal riches have been plundered by big business and left ignored by the authorities.

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Shame – a documentary by Sharjil Baloch

A documentary about honor killings in Pakistan.

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Audio Editing – Noise Reduction Filters



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Women’s Voices – a Film Festival

Millions of women around the world are disconnected from one another and unheard by the world. Speak up in the struggle for women’s rights. Tell your story. Tell her story. Submit Now!

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Water is Life

Barbara Kingsolver in National Geographic:

The amount of moisture on Earth has not changed. The water the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago is the same water that falls as rain today. But will there be enough for a more crowded world?

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Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world

Naomi Klein in The Guardian:

The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart of capitalism.

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Inside a school for suicide bombers

Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s TED talk about how the Taliban convince children to become suicide bombers.

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All that jazz

A documentary by DAWN TV on the Karachi musicians of yesteryear. Another one’s here.

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