Join Us for a conversation with director and activist Brooklyn Demme about film, activism, mentorship and building community will follow the screening.
Two short films:
Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock. Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme listens to the voices of the Lakota people of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, who defended their watershed and sacred burial sites from an oil company. (25 min.)
The Community of the River Wachirpas brings viewers into the heart of the Amazon, where oil contamination is risking the lives and culture of an Achuar community living on the Wachirpas River. (15 min.)