Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle is a documentary short about indigenous-led conservation efforts to bring back the endangered Harpy Eagle to the remote Darién Gap rainforest in Panamá. The Emberá tribal community of Playa Muerto live here, in one of the last untouched rainforests in Central America, the only break in the 30,000-mile Pan-American Highway, which passes through 14 countries as it winds from Alaska to Argentina. The film is an exploration of a renewed relationship between the tribe and the great raptor, in the face of threats to the species and its ecosystem from deforestation and encroachment from loggers. From the development of collaborative monitoring practices to the revival of an ancient Eagle Dance, this incredible relationship is a model for conserving both a culture and a rainforest. The film was made in partnership with the Emberá of Playa Muerto and The Peregrine Fund, who work tirelessly in Panamá and around the world alongside various indigenous peoples to help save birds of prey from extinction. This program is part of the Princeton Public Library's participation in Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, a pilot program of the American Library Association

Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle

In the remote Darién Gap rainforest, indigenous communities face the advance of loggers and cattle ranchers, an existential threat to their way of life and the ecosystem upon which they rely. When a rare Harpy Eagle nest is discovered near their community, the Emberá tribe of Playa Muerto find an unlikely ally.

Q&A with Filmmakers Daniel Byers and Katrin Redfern and others

Join us on Saturday at 3pm for a discussion with the filmmakers and Jose Vargas and David Anderson from the Peregrine Fund.. A recording of the discussion will be available thereafter

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