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SPECIAL PROJECTS
What do indigenous Kichwa people, whose ancestors lived for centuries in the Amazon rainforest, think about its destruction? And what are they doing about the environmental crisis we all face?
"LIFE AND BREATH: Kichwa People Confront Climate Change in the Amazon" is both a tool to educate indigenous communities about climate change and an account of their concerns about the devastating changes in the world’s most important tropical rainforest. Filmed in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the documentary gives voice to Kichwa communities, whose message to their own people and the world is one of urgent action—and hope.
Video Screenings
Life and Breath helps empower communities, increase their knowledge about the science of climate change, and generate project ideas. Reaching audiences throughout Ecuador and the U.S., the documentary helps educate them about the important, inspiring work Kichwa people are doing to conserve the world’s most important tropical rainforest.
Since January, we’ve screened Life and Breath for more than two dozen communities and institutions in Ecuador, and we’ve shown it to a variety of U.S. audiences.
In conjunction with local Ecuadorian station Ally TV, we also broadcast a week of programming featuring our documentary, plus discussions about climate change and its impacts on water, health, agriculture, and forests.
Panelists included local experts and Life and Breath interviewees, who shared their experiences with climate change from a community perspective.
Our Work at a Glance in 2010
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"I thought (broadcasting on TV) was a big help. More young people watch TV, (and) they haven’t seen Kichwa people talking about environmental issues. Politicians don’t talk about things like the economic issues of deforestation from Kichwa people’s point of view."
–Silverio Mamallacta, panelist
