Indigenous Rights

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A Fierce Green Fire is the first big-picture synthesis of environmentalism - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years worldwide. It tells the story of the environmental movement from conservation to climate change. We focus on activism -- people fighting to save their homes, their lives, the future. Our concerns are connecting causes, how the issues grew, exploring ideas and the evolution of a vision. The common theme is a struggle to save nature against the destructive impact of humanity – from halting dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace saving the whales to Chico Mendes and the rubbertappers saving the Amazon; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization. Our thesis is that this is the time when mankind must learn to live with nature, move beyond the exploitation at the heart of industrial society and find a way based on biology, balancing human needs with the natural world that sustains us, creating a living planet. As Stewart Brand says in the film, “We’re not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are Spaceship Earth. We are Gaia.”  

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Each episode in the 4 part PBS series explores archaeological sites on the American frontier and uses the clues from the past to tell the secret history of America. From exploring the mystery of the the massive Native American city of Cahokia, scuba diving for clues to Revolutionary War naval battles on the Great Lakes, exploring the Civil War battlefields of Missouri: join series host Dr Monty Dobson for the archaeological adventure of a lifetime.

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In 2009, JIMENA launched its Oral History Program and Website Program in order to develop a dynamic and sustainable educational and cultural resource to raise awareness of Jewish refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, and to preserve an important aspect of Jewish and Middle Eastern history.

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The four-part public television series Standing on Sacred Ground tells eight compelling stories of indigenous people around the world resisting the destruction of their culture and sacred lands. 

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"White Water, Black Gold" is an in-depth investigation of the world's thirstiest oil industry- the Tarsands of Northern Alberta, the second largest deposit of oil in the world.  Could the biggest energy project in the world come undone because no one thought about water?

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What’s in the Heart is a documentary film that takes a life-affirming look at remarkable Native American people and their efforts to heal systemic ills that stem from centuries of social injustice and human rights violations caused by the US government onto Tribes.  The film profiles Native American people and their initiatives that are making a positive impact in the health of their communities.

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"The Need to Move" focuses on a highly topical issue: The current situation of nomadic minorities in Europe. Giving a very personal and unique inside view into Irish Traveller life, this documentary reveals crucial points and discovers the real causes for existing social problems in and between two different societies.

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Bassam, a Palestinian and Rami, an Israeli, were once dedicated fighters, yet each one of them experienced the tragic loss of their daughters to the conflict. Instead of seeking revenge they turned from enemies to brothers.

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Song of the Bird King is a 90 min documentary about two musicians who follow the almost extinct Bird King in the sky and find and meet seven disappearing tribes across the Philippine Islands. While it might be too late to reverse the environmental devastation threatening the tribes' existence, the two set up to record their oral traditions, music and dance before their existence becomes definite and irreversible.