We Are Guardians
A film by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman
w/ Various
Rated NR
1hr 25min
July 18 premiere includes Q&A with
Julia Bernal, Executive Director of Pueblo Action Alliance
Julia Bernal, Executive Director of Pueblo Action Alliance
Tina Cordova, Co-founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
We Are Guardians follows Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé as they fight to protect their territories from deforestation, an illegal logger who has no choice but to cut the forest down, and a large landowner at the mercy of thousands of invaders and extractive industry. Through intimate, character focused storytelling, the film brings the issues to the forefront -- from the science of the Amazon Rainforest and its pivotal role in our global climate stability to the economic drivers of deforestation. The film weaves together politics, history, economics, science, and consciousness, providing an in-depth exploration of this incredibly complex and critical situation -- the origins and the impact of which ripple out far beyond the boundaries of the Amazon itself.
A powerful, heartfelt, enraging and captivating documentary.
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
A beautifully shot documentary that takes a many-sided look at what’s happening to “the world’s lungs” -- Brazil’s Amazonian rainforests, whose escalating clear-cutting is a major factor in climate change.
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
w/ Various
Rated NR
1hr 25min
July 18 premiere includes Q&A with
Julia Bernal, Executive Director of Pueblo Action Alliance
Julia Bernal, Executive Director of Pueblo Action Alliance
Tina Cordova, Co-founder of Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
We Are Guardians follows Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé as they fight to protect their territories from deforestation, an illegal logger who has no choice but to cut the forest down, and a large landowner at the mercy of thousands of invaders and extractive industry. Through intimate, character focused storytelling, the film brings the issues to the forefront -- from the science of the Amazon Rainforest and its pivotal role in our global climate stability to the economic drivers of deforestation. The film weaves together politics, history, economics, science, and consciousness, providing an in-depth exploration of this incredibly complex and critical situation -- the origins and the impact of which ripple out far beyond the boundaries of the Amazon itself.
A powerful, heartfelt, enraging and captivating documentary.
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
A beautifully shot documentary that takes a many-sided look at what’s happening to “the world’s lungs” -- Brazil’s Amazonian rainforests, whose escalating clear-cutting is a major factor in climate change.
Dennis Harvey
48 Hills
