Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.7.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Sarawak Gone The Last Forest People of Sarawak ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [The Dam completed!](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/the-dam-completed/) - The first series, The Dam, has been completed. The last episode, You Can't Eat The Road, went online late April. It turned out to be the most complex to cut. I had a lot of material to work with, but given this episode consists entirely of testimonials and interviews it became quite an effort to - [Feb 2010 update](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/project-update/) - Work on the series began in 2008. Shooting was completed in mid-2009 and post production commenced September of that year as part of an artists in residence program I had been invited to undertake back in Australia. At the time of writing all post-production has taken place with out a single penny, or dollar for - [Mar 2010 Update](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/mar-2010-update/) - Last night I completed the first readable draft of Episode three, We can't eat the road. This is the last in the first series, The Bidayuh and the Dam. It's based on discussion between a small representative group of villagers from Upper Bengoh meeting with the Iban of Rumah Agi and the Kenyah at the - [The Headman in post-production](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/editing-the-headman/) - The next Sarawak Gone series, The Headman, is finally in post-production. It was shot in and around the Penan village, Long Kerong, located in the Ulu Baram. - [Series completed, but it ain't over yet](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/series-completed/) - There's a kind of anti-climax when one gets to the end of a project, but not this one. Despite completing the last official episode of this series, it's far from over. - [International debut at AGITPROP](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/international-debut-at-agitprop/) - From 2 - 4 July AGITPROP film festival goes live for the first time in Manila, Philippines. Sarawak Gone will debut there. - [Higher Ground](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/higher-ground/) - With the Bengoh Dam completed and the inundation of the Sarawak Kiri River looming, the Bidayuh of Upper Bengoh faced the decision to either leave their homelands or stay. As much of Upper Bengoh is comprised of the Bidayuh's native customary land they chose to stay. In doing so they took on the Sarawak Government, - [Sarawak Gone - 30 minute version](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/sg-30mins/) - The Bidayuh, one of more than 40 sub-ethnic groups in Sarawak, face threats to their livelihood, traditional lands and culture with the development of the controversial Bengoh Dam. - [The Headman](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/the-headman/) - On the 23 Oct 2007 Kelesau Naan, the Headman of a Penan village, left his wife at a rest area in the forest to check on his traps. He never returned. - [We Can't Eat The Road](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/you-cant-eat-the-road/) - Bidayuh travel to the Bakun Dam resettlement scheme and hear from the resettled Kenyah at Sungai Asap and see first hand the results of relocation. - [The Forest and the Dam](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/the-forest-and-the-dam/) - In The Forest and the Dam we review the Environment Impact Assessment prepared prior to construction of the Bengoh Dam. We look at the anticipated loss of habitat and bio-mass, and the inundation of protected and endangered species found in Upper Bengoh, Sarawak. Download the micro-doc [MP4, 640x480, 108.3 MB]. Download the script: SARAWAK-GONE-Ep02-The-Forest-and-The-Dam [PDF 11 - [Sarawak Gone Trailer](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/trailer-01/) - Sarawak Gone - the last forest communities of Sarawak struggle to maintain customary rights to land - a micro-docs series. - [Bird Man of Long Banga](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/bird-man-of-long-banga/) - Actually, he's a driver... a driver for hire, but still lives in the forest, or what's left it it. - [The Bidayuh and the Dam](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/the-bidayuh-and-the-dam/) - The Bidayuh, one of more than 40 sub-ethnic groups in Sarawak, face a threat to their livelihood, traditional lands and culture with the development of the controversial Bengoh Dam. - [Penan at home in Miri](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/penan-squat/) - Miri, the nearest city, provides the closest hospital to all the indigenous communities of the Ulu Baram. The Penan of Long Kerong, upper Ulu Baram, have squatted in two run-down timber cottages for over 20 years. It has become a kind of half-way house for those who need frequent medical attention and others who need a place to stay when transiting between their village, Miri and / or other parts of Sarawak. - [The Sape Master](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/the-sape-master/) - Seven generations of music are said to be held by a Sape Master living in the Bakun Dam resettlement scheme, 180km southeast of Bintulu. - [Subtitle, Share and Remix](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/subtitle-share-and-remix/) - Thanks to the folks at EngageMedia.org it's now possible to subtitle Sarawak Gone in any of the languages supported by the Universal Subtitles initiative. How does it work? Best way to find out is to give it a go. Select any Sarawak Gone episode and click on the subtitle button. This will take to a - [Photo finish](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/photo-finish/) - Explore the entire collection of stills from the series, from its inception to completion. ## Pages - [Contact](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/contact/) - Andrew Garton Writer / Director PO BOX 662 Hurstbridge, 3099 Victoria, Australia Tel: +61 409 948 280 Email: andrew at andrewgarton.com Web: andrewgarton.com - [Native Customary Rights](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/issues/ncr/) - Although the rugged and forested interior of Sarawak is mainly populated by indigenous peoples, referred to locally as ‘natives’ and Dayaks, who comprise the largest ethnic grouping in the country, these peoples have relatively little access to political power. - [Download](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/commons/) - Subtitle and / or download the series including post-production scripts, exhibition videos and photos. - [Synopsis](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/synopsis/) - The Bengoh Dam is a water reservoir being constructed to supply water to Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. Construction has begun despite reports stating vast reserves of water can be saved were the failing infrastructure in the city repaired, upgraded and maintained. There are also concerns regarding protected flora and fauna, overlooked within the Environment - [About](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/about/) - I've long maintained that the forests are the source of our complexity, and that each of us carry the forests within us. When we destroy the forests, we destroy part of ourselves. Roy Garner, writer / poet. Imagine forests that educate your children, feed your community and for generations define and inspire your culture. Sarawak, - [Videos](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/micro-docs/) - Sarawak Gone videos, the entire micro-docs series. - [The issues](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/issues/) - Sarawak Gone delves into the complex issue of: Native customary rights (NCR); Dams and water resource exploitation; Palm oil plantation. The series explores the depletion of native customary right to land, the extensive exploitation of that land through palm oil plantation and the controversial construction of water reservoir and hydro-electric dams. Sarawak Gone has been - [License](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/license/) - Sarawak Gone is, unless otherwise stated, licensed under an Attribution Creative Commons License. This means you can share and re-purpose any materials on this site so long as you acknowledge the copyright holder and producer, Toy Satellite. What is an open video, or open content micro-docs series? It's a documentary series where each episode is - [Credits](https://www.sarawakgone.cc/credits/) - Sarawak Gone would not have been possible without the support and commitment of Sarawak's small, but dynamic team of community activists, the Bidayuh of Upper Bengoh and the Penan of Long Kerong. 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