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Away from the idyllic, tropical paradise beaches of Sri Lanka, a civil war has been raging for the last twenty years. Jaffna, once a thriving port in the north of the island, is now a decimated skeleton of a city: buildings flattened by bombs, homes shot out and deserted. During the course of the war, 800,000 people were forced to leave their homes and all their possessions. Even though they were displaced within their own country, they have lost everything: their livelihoods, their community and often their families. This Life program examines the fragile peace and what it means to people who have fled because of the fighting. We talk to the Sri Lankan army, the government and NGOs and ask what are the prospects for a long-term political settlement and lasting peace?
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Anthropology; Asian Studies; Developing World; Geography; Global Issues; Human Rights; Humanities; International Studies; Millennium Development Goals; Peace/Conflict Resolution; Population; Social Justice; Sociology; United Nations; War and Peace
Keywords
Sri Lanka, civil war, internal displacement, Jaffna, MDGs, Millennium Development Goals; "This Hard Ground"; Bullfrog Films
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 27 minutes
Date: 2005
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7-12, College, Adult
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Closed Captioning: Available
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