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Brazilian Rivers = Na Nascente `a Foz, 11, Rio Tapajós 2
Fishermen being driven from their land, Afrodescendant groups, indigenous ethnic groups made unfeasible and criminalized, and an overwhelming advance of agribusiness in forests and areas of environmental preservation. The series proposes a socio-environmental look at Brazilian rivers and runs mainly through confli...
Fishermen being driven from their land, Afrodescendant groups, indigenous ethnic groups made unfeasible and criminalized, and an overwhelming advance of agribusiness in forests and areas of environmental preservation. The series proposes a socio-environmental look at Brazilian rivers and runs mainly through conflict regions on their banks. Eps Tapajós River 2: Through the second half of the Tapajos river, in the Amazon forest, indigenous people...
Fishermen being driven from their land, Afrodescendant groups, indigenous ethnic groups made unfeasible and criminalized, and an overwhelming advance of agribusiness in forests and areas of environmental preservation. The series proposes a socio-environmental look at Brazilian rivers and runs mainly through conflict regions on their banks. Eps Tapajós River 2: Through the second half of the Tapajos river, in the Amazon forest, indigenous people Borari and Munduruku, quilombolas (Afro-descendants), small farmers and fishermen resist to keep their culture, while big companies and hydroelectric damns displace them and gold miners bring mercury related diseases.
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"Asian American" coined by activists Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee in 1968 was a movement to build solidarity between the many AAPI ethnic groups struggling against racism and for their civil rights. While not perfect in its current or past definitions, often centring East Asian Americans, the term symbolizes a critic...
"Asian American" coined by activists Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee in 1968 was a movement to build solidarity between the many AAPI ethnic groups struggling against racism and for their civil rights. While not perfect in its current or past definitions, often centring East Asian Americans, the term symbolizes a critical turning point in our history showcasing radical cross-racial solidarity. Breaking the Model: Stories of Asian American History and P...
"Asian American" coined by activists Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee in 1968 was a movement to build solidarity between the many AAPI ethnic groups struggling against racism and for their civil rights. While not perfect in its current or past definitions, often centring East Asian Americans, the term symbolizes a critical turning point in our history showcasing radical cross-racial solidarity. Breaking the Model: Stories of Asian American History and Presence brings together four different short documentaries exploring immigration, genealogy, gentrification and resilience within America.
A Portrait of Us (Sarah Park, 17 min). A short documentary that follows two Korean grandparents as they navigate a modern-day reckoning of their immigration story and grandparenthood.
Conversations at the Register (Brandon Soun and Lan Nguyen, 9 min) The film tells the story of KH Supermarket, a Cambodian-owned grocery store in the heart of Cambodia Town, Long Beach that was forced to close due to gentrification.
What Remains (Ginger Yifan Chen, 5 min) Directed by Ginger Yifan Chen. Over a series of photographs, Georgette Quan tells the story of her family's shrimping business, from the age of the Chinese Exclusion Act to its present-day status as a state park.
Sincerely Mine Okubo (Yuka Murakami, 16 min) Directed by Yuka Murakami Picturesque biography of Miné Okubo, a Japanese-American artist best known for her graphic memoir Citizen 13660 (1946), chronicling the WWII incarceration while she was an internee.
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