An fhéile scannán ceithre lá seo (oct 5-8) with dialogues from guest speakers takes place at Movie W Film Theatre in Wageningen Netherlands. Forbraíonn an fhéile timpeall an borradh mianadóireachta atá ag bagairt ar an gcomhshaol faoi láthair, daoine agus pobail dhúchasacha ar fud an domhain. Cuireann sé béim ar na tionchair ar áiteanna naofa na ndaoine dúchasacha agus ar a mbealaí maireachtála, seeing and caring for the world we all inhabit today.

The festival starts with three premiere screenings for the Netherlands: “Profit and Loss” (October 5th) showing issues of mining development in Papua New Guinea and the Canadian tar sands. “Islands of Sanctuary” (October 6th) which follows indigenous Australians in their fight against the mining industry and native Hawaiians recuperating a disused bombing range on of their sacred islands. “Pilgrims and Tourists” (October 7th) shows the local resistance to a pipeline being built through the Russian Altai into China and the struggle of the Californian Winnemem Wintu against a hydro power dam being imposed on their traditional lands, flooding sacred sites. The festival closes with “Huicholes the last Peyote Guardians” (October 8th) showing the struggle for conservation of a sacred land in the face of gold and silver mining in Mexico.

As a response to the clashing worldviews shown in the films, a thematic debate with activists, journalists and scholars, conducting research on site, will engage the audience in discussion.

Guest Speakers

Mirjam Koedoot – Freelance innovator and reporter at Trouw (October 5th)

Elisabet Rasch – Anthropologist and activist at Sociology of Development and Change Chair group (WUR) (October 6th)

Gerard Verschoor – Sociologist on indigenous worldviews at Sociology of Development and Change Chair group (WUR) (October 7th)

Oscar Reyna – PhD candidate in political ontology at Sociology of Development and Change Chair group (WUR) (October 8th)

Bas Verschuuren – Coordinator for the Ró-Naofa Nádúrtha Láithreáin Tionscnamh (Facilitator)

Movie summaries

5 Deireadh Fómhair: Profit and Loss. Christopher McLeod, 2013.

Synopsis. ‘Profit and Loss’ tells the stories of two indigenous groups and their resistance to the modern gold rush – our insatiable thirst for mineral resources that threatens their lands. In Papua New Guinea, villagers resist forced relocation by a nickel mine and try to stop its plan to dump mining waste into the sea. In Canada, First Nations people protest the destruction of traditional hunting and fishing grounds by the tar sands industry, which brings jobs, but also may be causing cancer. Rare verity scenes of tribal life allow indigenous people to tell their own stories – and confront us with the ethical consequences of our culture of consumption. Narrated by Graham Greene, this film is part of the ‘Standing on Sacred Ground’ documentary series.

6 Deireadh Fómhair: Islands of Sanctuary. Christopher McLeod, 2013.

Native Hawaiians and Aboriginal Australians resist threats to their sacred places in a growing international movement to defend human rights and protect the environment. In Australia’s Northern Territory, Aboriginal clans maintain Indigenous Protected Areas and resist the destructive effects of a mining boom. In Hawai`i, indigenous ecological and spiritual practices are used to restore the sacred island of Kaho`olawe after 50 years of military use as a bombing range.

Featuring Patrick Dodson (Yawuru), Emmett Aluli agus Davianna McGregor (Haváí`i), Winona LaDuke (Anishinaab), Oren Lyons (Onondaga), Satish Kumar agus Barry Lopez.

7 Deireadh Fómhair: Oilithrigh agus Turasóirí. Christopher McLeod, 2013.

Synopsis. Cuireann na seamanaigh dhúchasacha in aghaidh ollthionscadail rialtais a bhagairt cothromaíocht leochaileach an dúlra agus an chultúir. I bPoblacht na Rúise Altai, cruthaíonn daoine traidisiúnta dúchasacha a bpáirceanna sléibhe féin agus déanann siad patról orthu, ag iarraidh srian a chur leis an turasóireacht agus píblíne a athródú go dtí an tSín atá beartaithe ag Gazprom faoi úinéireacht an stáit. I dtuaisceart California, Déanann déagóirí Winnemem Wintu luibheanna a mheilt ar charraig na míochaine naofa a d’úsáid a sinsir le míle bliain, mar sinsir agóid U.S. Tá sé beartaithe ag an rialtas Dam Shasta a mhéadú agus cloch tadhaill treibhe a chur faoi uisce go deo. Le Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabeg), Oren Lyons (Onondaga), Barry Lopez agus Satish Kumar. Narrated by Graham Greene, le scéalta cultúrtha á n-aithris ag Cairdinéal Tantoo.

8 Deireadh Fómhair: Huicholes, Na Caomhnóirí Peyote Deiridh. Hernan Vilchez, 2014.

Synopsis. Insíonn an scannán scéal na nDaoine Mystical Wixarika ar a dtugtar freisin an Huicholes, ar cheann de na cultúir réamh-Hispanic deiridh i Meiriceá Laidineach. Tá a gcríoch sinsear naofa ar a dtugtar Wirikuta ina bhaile don cactus peyote cáiliúil a threoraigh agus a spreag glúnta Wixarika. Sa lá atá inniu ann tá streachailt Wixarika i gcoinne rialtas Mheicsiceo agus corparáidí mianadóireachta ilnáisiúnta atá ag cúngú ar a dtír dhúchais. Tá a ngníomhaíochtaí ag bagairt ar chultúr íogair agus ar bhithéagsúlacht an tírdhreacha uathúil seo atá aitheanta mar Oidhreacht Dhomhanda Chultúrtha agus Nádúrtha UNESCO. Spreagann troid mhíchothrom agus chonspóideach an díospóireacht dhomhanda idir luachanna cultúrtha ársa, saothrú an dúlra agus an próiseas athraithe agus forbartha dosheachanta.

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