We Are Guardians – film screening

WE ARE GUARDIANS.

(A film directed by Edivan Guajajara / Mídia Índia, Chelsea Greene / One Forest, Rob Grobman, 2023, 82 min. In Portuguese, Tupi, and English, with English subtitles)

Interactive lecture with WE ARE GUARDIANS directors (Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman) and activist Puyr Tembé on Friday, September 29 at 12:00pm-1:30pm, at the Amazon Lab (Smith Warehouse). Lunch will be provided. RSVP for lunch at cutt.ly/weareguardians

Film screening on Friday, September 29. 7:00pm – Location: Ruby Screen Theater. With participation of the directors (Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman) and activist Puyr Tembé.

About the film:

Thousands of people are illegally setting up camp on protected land in the Brazilian Amazon, killing centuries-old trees for export and mining rare resources. Directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman, We Are Guardians artfully shares the stories of the people impacted by this issue. We meet Indigenous Brazilian forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé who are fighting to protect their home from deforestation; an illegal logger struggling to make ends meet who feels he has no other financial choice to survive; and a landowner who is dedicated to preserving the rich ecosystem within his land by relentlessly seeking action from local authorities, with no answers. Folding insight into the economic drivers behind the continued deforestation, this films’ beauty lies in its intimate, character-focused storytelling, providing a human entry-point into a critical situation that ultimately impacts us all. (More info)

This event is part of the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival.

Co-organized by the Amazon Lab at FHI, Screen Society, and Narrating Nature. 

Special support for this event comes from the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Human Rights Center at FHI.

Co-sponsored by the Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies