Interview with Alex Pritz THE TERRITORY
Forthright Radio May 10th, 2022
THE TERRITORY
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native Brazilians. Though promised dominion over their own rainforest territory, they have faced illegal incursions from environmentally destructive logging and mining, and, most recently, land-grabbing invasions spurred on by right-wing politicians like President Jair Bolsonaro. With deforestation escalating as a result, the stakes have become global.
Interview with Daniel Golding – CHASING VOICES: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
Forthright Radio May 10th, 2022
CHASING VOICES: THE STORY OF JOHN PEABODY HARRINGTON
Ethnographer John Peabody Harrington spent 50 years recording and documenting over 150 different, dying Native American languages. He left over 1 million pages of notes and extensive recordings all of which are now being used by California tribes to revitalize and restore their Native languages. California Premiere.
Interview with Gustavo Vazquez KEEPER OF CORN
Forthright Radio May 10th, 2022
KEEPERS OF CORN
Indigenous artisans, cooks and farmers tell us this story (in Spanish and in their own languages) about the origins of indigenous corn and how their ancestors have guided the evolution of seeds from the dawn of agriculture to the 21st century; a collective effort that spans 350 generations. To their voices are added those of community leaders, scientists, cooks and many others whose knowledge and activism are committed not only to the defense of food sovereignty and genetic integrity, diversity and the collective property of indigenous seeds, but also for the defense of an enduring cultural legacy and way of life.
Interview with Pamela Green – BE NATURAL: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Forthright Radio May 11th, 2022
BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHE
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books. Ignored and forgotten. At last remembered.
TOM WEIDLINGER – THE RESTLESS HUNGARIAN
Mind Body Health & Politics May 17, 2022
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THE RESTLESS HUNGARIAN
Filmmaker Tom Weidlinger uncovers the epic story of four generations of his family. Central to the story is Tom’s father, Paul Weidlinger, a brilliant structural engineer who fled Europe just ahead of the Holocaust.
