Storytelling is a powerful tool to educate, share ideas, and even inspire action. There are an incredible diversity of perspectives and ways to engage in environmental activism. These films weave together many voices from around the planet to show that local stories can have global resonance.
Featuring: Barriers to Bridges (14 min) | Sonic Forest (35 min) | Our Mothers' Land (55 min)
Session sponsored by: Sherry Bartolucci
Award Winner: Spirit of Activism
Across Indonesia, hundreds of rural communities are in conflict with corporations seeking control of their resources. When they push back, they face the wrath of the state. In Our Mothers’ Land, from The Gecko Project and Mongabay, journalist Febriana Firdaus travels to meet women who have risen to lead social movements, facing violence, imprisonment, and judgement from conservative societies as they fight for their rights.
- Year2020
- Runtime55 minutes
- LanguageIndonesian
- CountryIndonesia
- Notewww.thegeckoproject.org | www.news.mongabay.com
- DirectorLeo Plunkett
- ScreenwriterFebriana Firdaus
- ProducerFebriana Firdaus, Tom Johnson
- FilmmakerLeo Plunkett (Camera)
- EditorLeo Plunkett
Storytelling is a powerful tool to educate, share ideas, and even inspire action. There are an incredible diversity of perspectives and ways to engage in environmental activism. These films weave together many voices from around the planet to show that local stories can have global resonance.
Featuring: Barriers to Bridges (14 min) | Sonic Forest (35 min) | Our Mothers' Land (55 min)
Session sponsored by: Sherry Bartolucci
Award Winner: Spirit of Activism
Across Indonesia, hundreds of rural communities are in conflict with corporations seeking control of their resources. When they push back, they face the wrath of the state. In Our Mothers’ Land, from The Gecko Project and Mongabay, journalist Febriana Firdaus travels to meet women who have risen to lead social movements, facing violence, imprisonment, and judgement from conservative societies as they fight for their rights.
- Year2020
- Runtime55 minutes
- LanguageIndonesian
- CountryIndonesia
- Notewww.thegeckoproject.org | www.news.mongabay.com
- DirectorLeo Plunkett
- ScreenwriterFebriana Firdaus
- ProducerFebriana Firdaus, Tom Johnson
- FilmmakerLeo Plunkett (Camera)
- EditorLeo Plunkett