ISABELLE
COULON
THE ARTICLES
Animan Issue 254
Leopards and Rabari, a shared land by Isabelle Coulon
"On the borders of Rajasthan lies a region where wild animals and humans still live in harmony. This peaceful coexistence is all the more striking because Jawai is home to the highest concentration of leopards ever recorded. The felines have always shared their territory with the Rabari, a community of semi-nomadic herders."
Travel Journal Number 53
Mr. Huang's Road by Isabelle Coulon
“Isabelle Coulon is open to wonderful encounters. For twelve years, this documentary filmmaker has traveled the world to tell extraordinary stories. In the province of Guangxi, in southern China, it is Mr. Huang, terminally ill, who captures attention. Before dying, he wants to build a road to open up his isolated village.”
Travel Journal Number 46
Water at the end of the road by Isabelle Coulon
“To bring water, you need a well. To dig a well, you need a road. It is this story, embodied by the American pastor Kurt Dahlin, that the documentary photographer Isabelle Coulon encountered in Malawi. Here, isolated communities build the track with hand-made tools so that the truck carrying the drilling rig can arrive.”
Travel Journal Number 33
Himalayas: A Route to Kargyak by Isabelle Coulon
"Director Isabelle Coulon, who was working with a team of filmmakers, encountered wisdom in the high valleys of Zanskar, in the Himalayas. It was embodied in the person of the monk Tsultrim Chonjor. His mission: to build, alone, a road crossing a pass at more than 5,000 meters altitude to open up his isolated community, a week's walk from the main road."
Boarding
The World in All Directions, Number 5
Tau't Batu, the last refuge
"Unable to integrate into Philippine society, a Tau't Batu family flees into the heart of the forest on Palawan Island. It's their way of reconnecting with their roots, from which they had become cut off. A story by an author-explorer immersed alongside them."
Wild Land No. 343
Philippines The Tau't Batu The Last Refuge
"Ranis, Pilna, Aito, Kalakan belong to the Tau't batu ethnic group, based on the island of Palawan. This family had fled the forest for the city. After years of hardship, they decided to return to their land, to the cave of their ancestors…"
