Tribal people appeal to James Cameron

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It's a relatively small ad in Variety, the Hollywood trade journal, but it might make big waves. In it, the non-profit Survival International group appealed to "Avatar" director James Cameron on behalf of a tribal people called the Dongria Kondh, whose situation they say is similar to the Na'vi from his film. The Dongria Kondh live in Orissa, India, and the ad placed on their behalf by Survival International appears in today's Variety.

The simply designed ad says:

Appeal to James Cameron
Avatar is fantasy .. and real
The Dongria Kondh tribe in India are struggling to defend their land against a mining company hell-bent on destroying their sacred mountain.
Please help the Dongria.
We've watched your film--now watch ours:
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What follows is from a press release sent out by Survival International, and, of course, it's one side of the story:

February 8 2010-- Survival's 10-minute film "Mine: story of a sacred mountain," narrated by Joanna Lumley, exposes the Dongria's plight. The Dongria live in the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa state, India. British FTSE-100 company Vedanta Resources is determined to mine their sacred mountain's rich seam of bauxite (aluminium ore). Vedanta is majority-owned by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal.

The Dongria and other local Kondh people are resisting Vedanta and are determined to save Niyamgiri from becoming an industrial wasteland. Other Kondh groups are already suffering from a bauxite refinery, built and operated by Vedanta, at the base of the Niyamgiri Hills.

Survivals director Stephen Corry says, "Just as the Navi describe the forest of Pandora as their everything, for the Dongria Kondh, life and land have always been deeply connected. The fundamental story of 'Avatar'--if you take away the multi-coloured lemurs, the long-trunked horses and warring androids--is being played out today in the hills of Niyamgiri in Orissa, India.

"Like the Navi of Avatar,' the Dongria Kondh are also at risk, as their lands are set to be mined by Vedanta Resources who will stop at nothing to achieve their aims. The mine will destroy the forests on which the Dongria Kondh depend and wreck the lives of thousands of other Kondh tribal people living in the area. I do hope that James Cameron will join the Dongria's struggle to save their sacred mountain and secure their future."

We're a movie site and we haven't investigated the Survival International claims, but we present this as news because of the connection to "Avatar." It's always a little eerie when life imitates art.

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