El Latido del Bosque

Two years ago, she had her first experience creating audiovisual materials focused on the defense of territorial rights. She contribute...

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A mother who killed all her daughters-in-law. A son who fell in love with a woman from the stars. Kuiussi Suya, guardian of his nation's memory, tells the sacred origin story of the Khisetje people. Filmed entirely in the Khikatxi Village, inside Brazil's Wawi Indigenous Territory. A film by AIK Produções, with support from If Not Us Then Who.

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Lucia, an indigenous K'iche woman from Guatemala, is forced into exile. After more than a decade of activism through art and community communication, Lucia leaves after all the violence she had to live through in her country and now living in several countries and her situation led her to want to document and tell about this journey.

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The story is told with the Guajajara environmental defenders, showing the complexity of the struggle after so many land defenders were murdered by invaders in the Amazon. The role of the protectors in the Guajajara community goes beyond climate action, bringing together the protection of standing forests with the conservation of traditional knowledge and the ongoing fight for identity and survival.

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The Waorani culture has a deep respect for nature and the environment. Teaching young people about these traditions can help them develop a stronger connection with the natural world and become more aware of its importance. Film produced by the Yawe Film collective.

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This film shows the Khisetje people moving from their village to a more distant place because of the soya plantation and its poison that threatens their lives, their plants, and their projects like rivers, so the Khisetje people got together and decided to open a new village to the interior of the forest fleeing from the poison (agrochemical).

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We are Waorani, we've lived on this land for thousands of years. We take care of our jungle, water, land, air, ourselves, the animals - we are like the guardians of the jungle. Today with the arrival of multinational companies men and women decide to take a fight to protect their life and conserve the environment.

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Guided by the ancestral strength of Karo Sakaybu, the greatest warrior and creator of the Tapajós River and the Munduruku people, Chief Juarez denounces the threats to life posed by the invasions of loggers and miners in the Sawré Muybu territory, while uniting his people in the fight for the demarcation of the territory.

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The struggle of the Guna people to recover and protect their ancestral territory of Nudargana has been ongoing. For many years up to the present, they have faced challenges such as the invasion of settlers, mining, and the loss of ancestral lands. Currently, they are engaged in a legal battle to recognize their rights to these lands. Film produced by the Ulu Films collective.

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This documentary seeks to investigate how high-tech video equipment is used by Yekwana children in the Venezuelan Amazon.

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Grandma Lago has lived for more than 84,000 years in what is now Tzutujil and Kaqchikel land in Guatemala, a grandmother who nurtures and gives life to the land and her grandchildren. Time has passed and the grandmother faces oblivion and abandonment. Ri Ati't doesn't need us to save her, she regenerates herself. She needs us to listen to her.

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This film tells the story of an Indigenous community, namely Felix Tololiu who protects nature and Mount Kawatak by preserving Mount Kawatak.

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In the A'i Cofán community of Sinangoe there is an ancestral practice of taking Yocó, with this we recharge ourselves with energy for the day to day activities, particularly for the surveillance exercise carried out by the Indigenous Guard.

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Inspired by seeing her young niece, who is naturally attracted to her culture, Through the Dance is a short documentary showing Youth's Impact on Traditions, as simple as how the young generations, even elders, would see and copy when they see things.

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