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A selection of high quality independent documentaries about the impact of tourism, and strategies for sustainable eco-tourism, especially in Asian countries, but also world-wide.
FORGOTTEN DISTRICT, THE
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 52 min
Toledo is "the Forgotten District" of Belize in Central America - an area of dense rainforest and minimal economic development. For the last 20 years, the Maya people have been promoting their own eco-tourism programme in order to protect their natural resources and traditions. more
LINDSAY'S RESERVE
2008 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G) 49 min
Four seasons in one of Australia's most successful boutique wineries - Paringa Estate Winery on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. more
LOVE MARKET, THE
2009 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 52 min
Four young girls, aged 8 to 18, from hill tribes in North Vietnam, survive by selling artefacts to tourists and living in the hope of an escape to a brighter and better life outside Vietnam. A film by Shalom Almond, director of MY LONG NECK, also about the impact of tourism on traditional life styles. more
MY LONG NECK
2013 (Classification Exempt - Ronin Recommends: PG) 53 min
Maja is proud of the 16 coils of brass around her neck that distinguish her as a Long Neck Kayan woman from Burma. But after 20 years of living on display and constantly being photographed in a tourist village in northern Thailand, the rings are becoming more of a trap than a source of pride. more