When the sun reaches the river,
sometimes it heats it up,
drying out the same river
which floods the villages.
We cannot make the sun shine less,
but we can make it hurt us less.
Why do we not help ourselves?
I met a man, and he said
“We can benefit for a day, but we lose a lifetime to live.”
When the sacred sun reaches the sacred river,
we will know we are not in control.

以上诗节启发了《When the sun reaches the river》，一个献给格巴罗密村部族群的拍摄计划。这个原有百多部族家庭的村落，因兴建桑河下游二号水坝而被摧毁淹没。部份村民族人搬离故土，有的拒绝迫迁。现居于森林中的留守族人，仍在抵制桑河水坝生产的电力。即使没能扭转气候变化的恶果，仍可靠人为努力减少其伤害。

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