The lávvu served for centuries as portable housing for SAMI reindeer herders. Its practical, efficient design and cultural heritage are attracting new users across Scandinavia. https://worksthatwork.com/4/an-ancient-design-in-a-modern-a… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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Photo: Niillas áddjá Grandfather Nils N. Eira via ELLE MÁRJÁ Govva: Paul S. Amundsen, via Niillas Holmberg
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Structural violence and French control over New Caledonia’s infrastructure and internal affairs are just some of the markers of the ongoing colonization of the indigenous Kanaky people there. Nevertheless, they …
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The fierce desert people of WESTERN SAHARA, struggling for more than 40 years, for self determination and freedom from MOROCCAN occupation!
by iara leeTonight, Monday Oct 22, we screen LIFE IS WAITING: referendum and resistance in Western Sahara here in TENERIFE!!! Visita de la Directora Iara Lee y Proyección de Life is Waiting …
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A bold piece of art from Máret Ánne Sara, an indigenous Sámi artist from the Sápmi, in Northern Norway!
by iara leeSara is part of a new generation of Sámi artists working to uphold the rights of their community. Curtain made from reindeer skulls and metal wire, porcelain necklace made from …
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GEORGIA/ TBILISI — after the amazing volunteers set up the screening last night in Georgia, our friends in the area came for a cozy rooftop screening of the film!! despite …
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To greet the audience and discuss food activism in Burkina Faso and beyond: lets all fight for clean, healthy, fair food: POST TERRA MADRE – notizie dal Burkina Faso The …
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As part of his ongoing effort to transform weapons into musical instruments, artist Pedro Reyes constructed a fully mechanized orchestra.
by iara leeTitled “Disarm,” the collection of eight new instruments were built through a collaboration with several musicians and Cocolab, a media studio in Mexico City. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/09/disarm-pedro-reyes/ [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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“This system of industrial agriculture promoted by the criminal trio of the WTO, the World Bank and the IMF, has led to the consolidation and control of the global food …
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Just done screening our film BURKINABÈ BOUNTY on agroecology in BURKINA FASO. glorious to reunite with AFRICAN friends and collaborators and people from all over the world fighting for the …
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Join with people around the world by observing today’s International Day of Peace, Sept. 21!
by iara leePeople in cities, communities and villages worldwide have engaged in diverse and meaningful ways. Here are just some of the many Peace Day activities that have taken place across the …
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We keep on going with the help of the sun and the moon and all natural elements for FREE WESTERN SAHARA! [Photo credit: Iara Lee.]
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We are always so excited to bring our films to Palestine, for a screening in the West Bank
by iara leeThe Freedom Theater in the Jenin Refugee Camp screened our film Burkinabè Rising: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso yesterday! http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org [Photo credit: Iara Lee.]
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More than half the women in the DRC have experienced physical violence, but our friends at Sofepadi (Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral) are working to change …
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“Tribal peoples were expert conservationists long before the conservation industry existed. Mounting evidence continues to show that properly enforced land rights for indigenous peoples are the best way to protect …
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Burkinabè Bounty will be stopping in ROME for a screening in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization; Burkinabè Rising made a stop in BRAZIL last night and will …
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In memory of the 45th anniversary of the military coup of September 11, 1973 in Chile and the thousands of casualties of the Pinochet regime, which erected on their graves …
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One of the photos from Vlad Sokhin Photography’s “Warm Waters” exhibition, which is accompanying our film Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia, was featured on CNN!
by iara leeTake a look here: https://www.cnn.com/…/…/climate-change-global-wxc/index.html You can see more of Vlad’s photos from Warm Waters here: https://culturesofresistancefilms.com/wantoks-vlad-sokhin [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
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Our friends at MCW Global bring together young leaders from all over the world for retreats focusing on modern leadership, global citizenship, and vision planning! Learn more about the group’s …
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We are excited to continue supporting Bambini new Deserto & Cinema du Desert, organizations that combine agroecology and cinema!! Recently, the organizations planted trees in Burkina Faso, in the Nagreongo …