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Exiled To Nowhere by Dan McDougall & Dewald Brand
Dan McDougall is a British Correspondent of the Year and three times winner of the Amnesty International Award For Outstanding Human Rights Journalism. “In rural Asia inequality isn’t conspicuous. Travelling amongst the Moken on the ragged maritime edges of The Andaman Sea it might appear a paradise of plenty but it masks a truth that is rarely told. Marginalised and cast out from mainstream society, cut off from their historical land and sea rights, the Moken people are isolated from hope and opportunity, like satellites off a distant moon, they are bystanders to the economic growth and luxury development that threatens their very existence. The window into which each of us views the world reveals a blur of misfortune, loss and daily struggle. By osmosis we understand that that there is a divide in society that is fast heading out of our control. Reporting and film-making around this gulf has never been more important and Oxfam's support of content that communicates the plight of the disenfranchised is, in effect, a warning from the future. Inequality hurts growth in a number of ways. It reduces the education levels of poorer citizens, and saps their health, reducing the potential productivity of a workforce. The abundant truth is inequality will impact all of our futures.”