Netherlands, Romania

53’, 2015

DIRECTED BY

Ildikó Zonga Plájás

PRODUCED BY

Ildikó Zonga Plájás

SCRIPTWRITER

Ildikó Zonga Plájás

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Ildikó Zonga Plájás

EDITED BY

Ildikó Zonga Plájás

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The Danube Delta in Romania – the “Last European Sanctuary” – is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect biodiversity, the plight of local communities is largely overlooked. Social scientists claim that the traumatic nature of the swamp bears heavy on the villagers' lives. But is Nature really to blame? Swamp dialogues is based on extensive field-research about the discoursive creation of wilderness in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Through a careful ‘argument montage’ built entirely on cinematic language, the film entails an anthropological reflection on knowledge production in social sciences.