<p>A﻿ story of maternal leadership told through Rejane Rodrigues–– a Quilombola from Quilombo Quingoma–– Rejane leads through an inspiration from her ancestry, her mother, and her 8-year-old daughter. The title pays homage to the Quingoma ancestors who established their quilombo as a beacon of democracy and equality— a place where African people remain resilient, reclaim their freedom, celebrate their heritage and survive. </p>

Art of Resistance

ART OF RESISTANCE pays homage to the Quingoma ancestors who established their quilombo as a beacon of democracy and equality - a place where African people remain resilient, reclaim their freedom, celebrate their heritage and survive.

<p>This film celebrates and pays tribute to the amaMpondo for their outstanding and historic, legal victory over Shell, Impact Oil and Gas (Impact Africa) and the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources in South Africa. The story is constructed as an almighty existential clash of cultures. The amaMpondo protagonists, conserving nature, their way of life and their very existence, battle the oil giants and the Minister of Energy antagonists, their profit-driven fossil fuel exploration that could potentially destroy marine life and indigenous culture on the Wild Coast. This leads to a climactic courtroom ruling that might help influence the direction of travel for the next few years that humanity has left to drastically reduce carbon emissions and prevent a burning planet and biodiversity loss.  We are passionate about giving unheard indigenous people a voice as the true conservators of their natural world. We invite global viewers to meet these people and judge for themselves. We see the amaMpondo's lived experience, maintaining responsible stewardship of ancestral lands and sacred seas, a symbiotic relationship that supports flourishing land and marine biodiversity, counterpointed with Shell’s capitalist arguments. We aim to demonstrate how by combining cultural heritage, indigenous wisdom, human rights activism, and environmental campaigning with litigation, can be a powerful means to tackle climate catastrophe, biodiversity degradation, and an attack on human rights. We want to inspire youth and other indigenous communities globally to rise up to protect their lands and oceans and seek justice.  The main characters in Wild Coast Warriors, Nonhle Mbuthuma and Sinegugu Zukulu won the Goldman Environmental Prizes for 2024, nicknamed the "Green Environmental Nobel Prizes". They both were also awarded the Burning Planet Heroes of the Year accolade from the Daily Maverick newspaper in South Africa on Christmas day, 2024.   </p>

Wild Coast Warriors

In a David and Goliath court-case struggle against Shell, indigenous people of South Africa’s Wild Coast succeeded in halting oil/gas exploration, winning ongoing protection for their ocean and culture.

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