Arribada, “The Arrival”

English/24mins/2002
Producer: New Delhi Television (NDTV) 

Subject Focus: The endangered olive ridley turtles of the Orissa coast and their struggle for survival.

Summary: After doing so many stories focussing on this problem of conservation, NDTV decided to compile it all together to make a news directory to increase awareness on the subject. The documentary is about the Olive Riddleys and their struggle for survival. They are critically endangered and on Schedule One of our Wildlife Protection Act, in that effect they are meant to be as protected as the tiger. The documentary is about the Arribada, about the turtles, the beautiful poetry of their lives and the futility of their deaths. The question is, will one of the world’s oldest creatures, who have outlived the disasters that wiped out the dinosaurs, survive?