It is true that famous environmental movement groups all over the world have worked hard to improveworld environment. However, at times, these movements have also been criticized for selling outto commercialism and excluding the voices of those directly involved. Now these environmentalmovements need to step up to a more mature form of movement. This section introduces 5 films thatmake effort to uncover the unknown voices in existing environmental movements, and explore newvisions for a larger environmental movement that includes these voices.
Three films dealing with seal hunting, Sealers - One Last Hunt, Angry Inuk and How to Change theWorld will be screened in this section. The differing spectrums of these films offers the opportunityto understand which aspects are points of contact in existing environmental movements regardingseal and whale hunting. RISE: Red Power and When Two Worlds Collide restore the live native voicesoppressed during the American continent’s history of development to provide an alternative point-ofviewof the facts from the natives’ position. This section offers dramatic and thoughtful new visions onthe environmental movement.
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Using an occupation at Standing Rock as a jumping off point, RISE tracks past indigenous resistance into the present. The Standing Rock protest
against the Dakota Access Pipeline is the largest indigenous resistance movement in generations. Indigenous youth gathers from all over North
America. They grew up hearing their parent’s stories of occupation but are fighting this battle with 21st century style. Ultimately, RISE learns that to be sovereign you have to live it.
In this episode, RISE delves into the evolution of the Red Power Movement. Using today’s unprecedented occupation at Standing Rock as a jumping off point, RISE: Red Power tracks past indigenous resistance into the present. 4,500 strong and growing, the Standing Rock protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline is the largest Indigenous resistance movement in generations. Indigenous youth from all over North America are taking part in re-writing history. These are a generation of people who grew up hearing their parent’s stories of occupation-from Wounded Knee to Alcatraz-but are fighting this battle 21st century style. Young women and two spirited youth lead the charge and technology is imperative.
LATIMER is a Toronto based filmmaker, programmer, actor and activist. Her films include Choke, The Underground, and ALIAS. She is currently adapting the bestselling novel The Inconvenient Indian for screen, directing a short doc for Field of Vision, and showrunning the series RISE for Viceland. She programs for Hot Docs and the Dawson City Short Film Festival.