Greenwashing

Green is an award-winning documentary, without words, told from the point of view of a rescued orangutan in Indonesia.

The filmmaker uses point-of-view and dutch-angle shots to place us into the orangutan’s perspective. As the story continues, Green’s perspective is juxtaposed with the process of development destroying her home through deforestation to biodiesel production. It’s a gradual transition into the harsh reality of globalization. The forest is destroyed, primates suffer, palm oil is manufactured, and the fast-paced urban world seems oblivious.

“Her name is Green, she is alone in a world which doesn’t belong to her. She is a female orangutan, victim of deforestation and palm oil plantations.”

Stunning, eye-opening, heart-breaking, and totally worth 48 minutes of your time. The director wants as many people as possible to see it so it's a free download, or you can stream it live.

Click here. And yes, older children can, and should, watch.

If you're feeling smug about some of your ''green'' products, this will come as a shock.

More about the endangered orangutans, called the ''thinkers of the jungle,'' here and here.

Comments

[The Stygian and his Shemitish Dogs]

This is awful. I can tell without watching the movie. Which I will get round to.

Have you looked into orangs' eyes? Very bright and smart. More so than a lot of "voters".

Maybe the Malays know something we don't. The semantic range of "orang" covers humans as well as most primates (apes and monkeys, but maybe not tarsiers etc.), which, I will admit, does throw a few things for a loop .......

[PunditMom/Joanne Bamberger]

This looks great! Thanks for letting us know about this. I think my third-grader would be very interested!