Each year the eastern coast of India witnesses a truly spectacular occurrence of nature-the arrival en masse of hundreds of thousands of olive ridley turtles in the coastal region of the state of Orrisa. Last year, for instance, an estimated 240,000 adult olive ridleys congregated at Rushikulya on the Orrisa coast to breed. Coincidentally the breeding season also happens to be the peak fishing season in orrisa, one of the poorest state of India. Thousands of fishing families rely on this season to fish, and around 70,000 fish workers are entirely dependent on Orrisa's coastal fisheries for their livelihoods. As the pressure to conserve ecosystems and their resources rises steadily all over the world, so have conflicts between conservations imperatives and livelihood interests of the communities that interact with these ecosystems. This film discusses these issues. By taking an intense look at the concerns revolving around turtle conservation and the protection of the livelihoods of...