Documentary Screening and Discussion: "Powerlands" (2022)
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 · 6 - 8 PM
This event is hosted by the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI). The original event post is here.
Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, a young Navajo filmmaker,
investigates the displacement of Indigenous people and the devastation
of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have
exploited the land where she was born. She travels to the La Guajira
region in rural Colombia, the Tampakan region of the Philippines, the
Tehuantepec Isthmus of Mexico, and the protests at Standing Rock. In
each case, she meets Indigenous women leading the struggle against the
same corporations that are causing displacement and environmental
catastrophe in her own home. Inspired by these women, Ivey Camille
brings home the lessons from these struggles to the Navajo Nation.
Introduction & Post-screening discussion with Dr. Christine Ami (Diné College) & Dr. Andrew Curley (University of Arizona).
This event is organized by the MLLI Spanish Film Festival and co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies Minor, the Global Studies program, and the Dresher Center for the Humanities.
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