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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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Indigenous groups across Indonesia believe there are consequences to the life cycle, like in Manusela Village in Maluku, Indonesia. Before cutting down trees in the forest, the Manusela Indigenous People carry out a tradition known as “Pisinae”. This is done to ask permission from the Creator of the universe and ancestors for the needs of […]

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“If not katong, who else?” Emil and Viko are members of the “Small Kewang” in Haruku Country, in Maluku, Indonesia. “Kewang” not only stands as an institution, but also a home for them to continue the tradition of protecting the environment in Haruku Country, Kab. Central Moluccas. Being a Kewang since childhood is a matter […]

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Thanks to arduous resistance the Sapara Nation won a great victory against the oil concessions in their territory , however, it still runs the risk that its territory, in the future, will be taken again as an object of oil exploitation. The Sapara Nation of Ecuador demands the cancellation of the oil exploitation contract that […]

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A powerful film by Ivan Jaripio, Embera indigenous filmmaker from Panama. In this short creative film he contrasts indigenous traditions with the contemporary world of Panama. Faced with the territorial and cultural threat of modernization, the resistance of the indigenous peoples to defend their traditions is urgent.

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A look back on 30 years since the Mayan Biosphere Reserve was created in 1990. Local communities brought the forest back from the brink with a Forest Protection Association by requesting a concession from the National Council of Protected Areas. the odds were stacked against them, 30 years ago no one believed the community could […]

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If something differentiates youth from the 20th century to the 21st century, is that they know how to combine protest with proposal very well. Young people from the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities and Extinction Rebellion Youth share their solutions to the climate crisis at COP25 in Madrid, December 2019. Panel moderated by Max Trejo […]

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Sickness regularly struck a family in the Dayak Iban community of Sungai Utik in West Kalimantan. After speaking to the local shaman the community made ‘bedara’ an offering and  pardoning ritual to divert the spirit path that ran beneath the family’s house that was making them sick.  Apai Gajah talks us through the different steps […]

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The Climate Crisis is here and “change is coming whether you like it or not” Across 2 days more than 7 million people around the world took to the streets to demand action on the climate crisis. The largest climate action in history. In the lead up, indigenous youth from the Guardians of the Forest […]

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Indigenous filmmakers from Midia India release documentary alerting to the grave situation faced by their uncontacted relatives the Awá Guajá, from the Araribóia indigenous territory, one of the most endangered in the Amazon. The Awá Guajá depend intrinsically on the forest for survival – for hunting, for gathering, for water. However, the forest in the […]

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This ritual starts with one of the elders of the long house, deep in the jungle searching for the majestic call of the White-rumped shama or locally known as the Murai Batu. This tradition is called “Baburung” only after they have finished Baburung, can they start “Mali Umai”, an Iban ceremony that is done so […]

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Yanda, a native of Ecuadorian Amazon, takes us to the heart of the forest to sleep. He tells us the importance of dreams for his people, and how it could be a network of sharing, learning and communication.   A film by Alice Lepetit

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The defence of cultures, languages and territories is one of the hallmarks of indigenous communication and cinema, as affirmed by those of us who have been working from a multitude of contexts to assert our right to tell our stories and through them to relate to other peoples and struggles. The capacity to construct other […]

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Thanks to all the participants for submitting their short films to the Selva Wasi contest. Tawna presents the jury, which will select the winner. Results will be communicated on Sunday, May 3. WITSAJA! Frida Muenala, Kichwa-Zapoteza filmmaker – She studied Film and Video at the San Francisco University of Quito. Her first documentary Huellas del […]

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A central theme of If Not Us Then Who’s work is supporting indigenous communicators and young storytellers with their work, from edit training to commissioning films. Film however is not always the main medium; many storytellers are using the power of word or still images to share their messages. In New York during Climate Week, […]

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Washington, D.C. September 17th, 2019 The Amazon rainforest, on which we depend for food, medicine, and the wellbeing of our families, is engulfed in flames. For over a month now, with a great deal of pain, we’ve watched our homes burn. And thanks to the media, you have too. But we want you to understand […]

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If Not Us Then Who? are partnering with XR Youth and the Internationalist Solidarity Network to share indigenous films with young activists around the UK.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Extinction Rebellion Youth (@xr_youth) on Jul 23, 2019 at 3:57am PDT We find out a bit more about […]

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Update from Ranu Welum Indonesia’s rainforests are one of Earth’s most biologically and culturally rich landscapes. Unfortunately, in line with the increasing pace of Indonesia’s economic growth, forest loss continues every year. The scale of destruction of our rainforest is so large that it now has a significant impact on global climate. For this reason, […]

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We asked a group of organizers of indigenous film festivals in several countries in Asia and Latin America, about how these activities work and why they do it. While everyone has responded from their own perspective, there are many coincidences in the motivations that move indigenous creators in places so distant from each other, confirming […]

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Part 3 in special series for World Food Day 2018 in partnership with Land Rights Now mobilization. Find out more here. Laiya Every region has a traditional cake with their own unique and tasty characteristics. In South Sulawesi, one indigenous community in Sinjai District has their own story about a traditional cookie. To this day, laiya […]

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On the past July 30 and 31th of 2018 in Mexico City, Red MOCAF held a workshop with the purpose to build a virtual communication network with the participation of women and youth, in order to strengthen organic communication among associates of the network and promote sustainable forestry development. If Not Us Ten Who? was […]

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Traditionally, the Sapara culture from the Ecuadorian Amazon made their clothes with the cortex of the llanchama tree, which after a complicated process turns from a hard cortex into a flexible fibre for making clothes. Nowadays there is very few people in the Sapara territory who have this knowledge. Arturo Santi, from the Jandiayaku community, […]

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August 9th is recognised and celebrated as International Indigenous Peoples Day across the world. Among the stories of social injustice, land grabbing and deforestation there are also powerful positive stories in equal measure. Today we recognise and celebrate the fantastic work being done by indigenous youth – as activists, as educators and as storytellers. We […]

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To celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2018 we are showcasing some fantastic work being done by indigenous youth activists around the world. Meet Bertha, Mayan Indigenous from Yucatan, Mexico, a university professor of pedagogy, education and Mayan language, who has been conducting workshops on environmental care for children and young people since 2002, using the ancestral […]

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