Italy

76', 2020

DIRECTED BY

Emanuele Confortin

PRODUCED BY

Emanuele Confortin, Monica Guidolin

SCRIPTWRITER

Emanuele Confortin, Monica Guidolin

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Daniele Costa, Emanuele Confortin

EDITED BY

Daniele Costa

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Kinnaur is an Indian Himalaya tribal district facing an epochal watershed, dictated by the spread of new economic models, above all the spread of the “applecracy”, the apple monoculture. After centuries of agricultural and pastoral activities respecting the environment, the apple business has increased the availability of money a hundredfold, upsetting the perspective of the Kinnauri’s existence. Applecracy transformed Kinnaur from a land of diaspora to a destination for thousands of migrants arriving from rural India and Nepal. The success of fruit growing is now threatened by the water crisis and global warming, whose effects are evident to such an extent as to make Kinnaur a useful model for understanding the impact of climate change in the Himalaya.

Emanuele Confortin is a journalist and documentarist specialized on Indian Subcontinent studies. He focuses on conflicts, climate change and threatened minorities on the fringe of modern society.