Mother Tongue: A Sri Lankan food story • WLG screening

Motivated by things that are very tasty, Bhagya and Carl travel to the motherland of Sri Lanka to document forest gardens, coconut mills, rice paddies and Aachi’s house. After a couple years bringing Lankan flavours to the people of Ōtepoti - and armed with the cultural knowledge of diaspora kids - they want to know: Who grew this and why is it so delicious?

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A true labour of love, this film was created to honour the people who put so much work into the food we eat. To this end, proceeds will be donated to our friends at The Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) so that they can continue in their work for a cooperative, ecological and just food system.

MONLAR's mission is to "cooperate towards building a peoples movement by capacity building and mobilizing of small farmers and marginalized communities, who have become victims of the globalization structures, to protect natural resources and human rights and to lobby for change and implement alternative policies that are favorable and sustainable."

Running time: 42 minutes + QnA with filmmaker Bhagya Herath