Crumbling Mountains, Mighty Women - A tale of sisterhood from the sinking city of Joshimath, is a 15 minute documentary film that tries to capture the human story of the native pahadi women of Joshimath who are facing eviction from their homes due to the threat to their lives imposed by the unstable lands of which they are inhabitants of.

While a lot of the sinking of Joshimath is attributed to it being located on a seismically active zone, it is said to have been further accelerated in recent years due to unchecked, extractive human activities in the region such as tunnel boring for mega power projects. The brunt of this is borne, as per usual, by the most marginalised of people in the region , the indigenous pahadis. The documentary is an attempt at making the mainstream discourse revolving around the topics of extractivism, climate change, etc., inclusive of the people directly affected (and how it affects them exponentially more than those who stand to gain from extractive activities).

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