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During the National Dialogue on Business and Human Rights, members of indigenous and local communities impacted by hydropower projects stepped forward to share their stories of displacement, loss of customary lands, and the erosion of their traditional livelihoods. Featured in Indigenous Voice, the weekly bulletin of Indigenous Television, these testimonies highlight the profound disconnect between rapid corporate energy development and the protection of basic human rights. The broadcast serves as a critical platform for amplifying the voices of those directly affected, urging both state actors and private businesses to respect international standards—such as Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)—and to ensure that infrastructural progress does not come at the cost of indigenous heritage and environmental justice.

This documentary depicts how indigenous peoples have been displaced from their land, territories, and natural resources in the name of development works undertaken without maintaining Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) with concerned indigenous peoples and without providing compensation. This also depicts not only the plights of displaced families but also the innate relationship between Indigenous peoples and land, forests, and natural resources.