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Bikpela Bagarap (2011)

Name: Bikpela Bagarap
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2025-09-03T15:33:06+02:00
Rating: 3.25

Documentary | 43 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 43 minuten

Alternative title: Big Damage

Country: Papua New Guinea

Directed by: David Fedele

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Bikpela Bagarap plot

It's a story of exploitation and broken promises, in which local people are treated like second-class citizens in their own country by Malaysian logging companies and corrupt politicians. Traditional landowners are forced to sign documents they don't understand in exchange for the promise of "development"—clean water, healthcare, and education—but these essential services are rarely delivered. Instead, their traditional hunting grounds are destroyed, waterways polluted, and their traditional way of life permanently destroyed.