Dueños del Agua
Owners of the Water
2007, Brazil/Venezuela/USA, 33 min, Beta SP, Xavante, Spanish and English, Ontario Premiere
Director: David Hernandez-Palmar, Caimi Waiasse, Laura R. Graham
Presented as part of:
Seeds of Change
Shorts Program
Oct 17 2008, 3:00PM
Al Green Theatre
The Western world’s insatiable appetite for the soybean is wreaking environmental havoc in Brazil where lush forests are clear cut to make room for soy farmers. For the Xavante people, the run-off from caustic fertilizers threatens a river that is central to their culture and to their ceremonies. But in a world where commerce rules and where soy is an established health food product, who will listen to their plight?
Owners of the Water
2007, Brazil/Venezuela/USA, 33 min, Beta SP, Xavante, Spanish and English, Ontario Premiere
Director: David Hernandez-Palmar, Caimi Waiasse, Laura R. Graham
Presented as part of:
Seeds of Change
Shorts Program
Oct 17 2008, 3:00PM
Al Green Theatre
The Western world’s insatiable appetite for the soybean is wreaking environmental havoc in Brazil where lush forests are clear cut to make room for soy farmers. For the Xavante people, the run-off from caustic fertilizers threatens a river that is central to their culture and to their ceremonies. But in a world where commerce rules and where soy is an established health food product, who will listen to their plight?
South American filmmakers David Hernandez-Palmar (Wayuu) and Caimi Waiasse (Xavante) collaborated with U.S.-based professor and first-time filmmaker Laura R. Graham.
