Kochi, July 17 -- The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) organised the screening of an acclaimed documentary film focusing on development versus conservation, panning out the message that sustainable construction activities can go hand-in-hand with economic rise and social well-being.
The Leopard's Tribe, directed by Miriam Chandy Menacherry, essays the acquisition of the Aarey forest area adjoining the bustling Mumbai for building a metro car shed, thus sending a lesson of environmental protection through the existence of an inhabitant tribal community that worships the big cat.
For the original population of Aarey in Goregaon, renowned for the Sanjay Gandhi National Park called the 'Lungs of Mumbai', the leopard is their god of daily worsh...