DEFENDING THE LAND IN A CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

MOTHERS OF THE LAND

Original title : Sembradoras de Vida

By : DIEGO SARMIENTO ET ÀLVARO SARMIENTO

2019 | 75 min | VOSTA
Country of origin of directors : Peru
Country of production: Peru
Country of recording: Peru

Screening and panel discussion on the theme: Defending the land in  context of climate change

SYNOPSIS :

Follow five women from the Peruvian Andes in their daily efforts to maintain ancestral and organic ways of working the land in a context of climate change. In an Andean worldview, women and the earth are closely linked, since both are capable of giving life: women, linked to the earth in sisterhood, assume the role of protectors.

The film has received numerous awards for “best film” or “best documentary” from festivals in Canada, Peru, Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Korea, Switzerland, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

BIOGRAPHIES : 

Diego Sarmiento and Àlvaro Sarmiento are two brothers from the Quechua community in Peru, both film directors and producers. They are known for directing three main films: Odisea amazonica (2021), Sembradoras de Vida (2019) and Sonia’s Dream (2015). They co-founded HDPERU, an independent film production company dedicated to defending the rights of Indigenous peoples and the conservation of the Peruvian Andes and Amazon. Their films have received numerous awards around the world. 

Free admission subject to availability of seats

FRIDAY MAY 5th, starting at 8:45 pm

CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBÉCOISE

335 Boul. de Maisonneuve E, Montréal, QC H2X 1K1

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