Bangladesh Village in ‘The Salt in Our Waters’ Disappears Ahead of COP26 Screening (EXCLUSIVE)

Bangladeshi filmmaker Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s 2020 London and Busan selection “The Salt in Our Waters,” which will play at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 8, is a stark reminder of the issues the event is trying to highlight. Sumit shot the film during the monsoon of 2018 in the hamlet of Gangamatir Char, home to 20 fishing families, in Patuakhali district, located at the southernmost tip of Bangladesh. But, Gangamatir Char does not exist anymore. Sumit was unable to return to the location for a year and a half due to the pandemic and… Read Full Article