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Youth Exchange - COICA and AMPB youth meet APIB

Indigenous youth mobilise in Brazilian cultural exchange

Location

Brazil

Released

September 2018

Duration

10:55

Tags
  • Activism
  • Brazil
  • Culture
  • Participatory-made film
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • youth

Young indigenous leaders are mobilising, from Guatemala to Brazil. Youth members of the AMPB and COICA travelled to the village of Itapicuru of the Xakriaba people for a cultural exchange. They share stories and struggles, from religion to water, education to culture identifying similar themes despite the distance in geography.

Producers

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    Jaye Renold UK

    Filmmaker, visual journalist & Emerging Filmmakers Program Director. Jaye Renold is a filmmaker and visual journalist with a backgr...

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