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How to Change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Angelica Itza Olivera is an agroecological farmer from the Antigua Watershed, Veracruz, Mexico. She lives Micoxtla, and with her family she stands in antithesis with these exploitative practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oshen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The short film, \u014dSH\u0259n, is set in the near future and centers around two protagonists who live in a world in which ‘words’ have been hunted to extinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bi-<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the video, “Bi,” Blake Lavia explores metaphysical silences, building blocks of their identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Food Sovereignty in Akwesasne <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a series of videos produced for the Climate Solutions Exhibition<\/strong> <\/a>at the Wild Center,  members of the Kanien\u02bckeh\u00e1:ka (Mohawk) community of Ahkwes\u00e1hsne discuss the importance of food sovereignty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knot of Silence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this short documentary, Marina Llorente<\/strong>, the granddaughter of a “looser” of the Spanish Civil War, confronts the knots of trauma that were left by the “Pact of Silence” when the Spanish dictatorship ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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River Sentinels of the Antigua<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 20th of January 2022 is the 8th anniversary of the PUCARL Collective’s<\/a><\/strong> (United Communities of the Antigua Watershed for Free Rivers) first protest encampment. On this day, the collective blocked the entrance to the R\u00edo Pescados (River of Fishes), halting the construction of a dam that was threatening the entire region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spoken Earth Dances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Improvised dances on sites that have suffered current and\/or past environmental exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Memory Flow – Water of Boston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Memory Flow: Water of Boston<\/strong> is both an art installation, a performance, and a movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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