Elders & The Earth Shorts.
A showcase of some of the world’s unsung and most inspiring defenders of the environment in a celebration of First Nations champions from Australia, The Pacific, North America and South America.
About the program.
Available to watch online 15 Oct - 14 Nov ‘21
$12 / $9 conc (passes available)
6 Shorts | 82'
EFFA is delighted to present this re-screen from our 'EFFA presents: Summer of Change' program. A specially curated program of shorts celebrating the power of First Nations voices, presented to you by Bank Australia.
Shining a spotlight on some of the world’s unsung and most inspiring defenders of the environment, EFFA’s Elders & the Earth package offers a celebration of First Nations champions from Australia, The Pacific, North America and South America.
These films highlight the unjust destruction of protected land and ongoing impacts of colonialism, celebrate the intrinsic bond between land and cultural identity, and admire the passion and resilience of these true custodians of environmental knowledge.
Sure to inform and inspire, this package serves as both a powerful call to action for all of us and an affectionate love letter to those First Nations warriors defending our natural world.
The Films.
7 Hectares Back.
The deeply personal story of 61-year-old Ecuadorian accountant Omar, who has slowly acquired patches of rainforest to gift his grandchildren and community a sense of hope. A deeply personal and beautifully rendered story exploring the need to invest now in our environment's future. Find out more on the EFFA Festival Hub.
Nibi Walk.
Anishinaabe elder Sharon Day speaks of her people’s river and how as a 'Water Walker' she follows the Mississippi tributaries all the way to where the Mississippi is at its greatest in volume as the lifeblood of the nation. Find out more on the EFFA Festival Hub.
Swimming Yesterday.
Brewarrina, NSW is proudly home to the oldest man-made structure in the world: the near half-kilometre complex of fish traps, known as Ngunnhu. This beautiful film explores the cultural and spiritual importance of Ngunnhu and the heartbreaking displacement of a community due to the river’s dwindling water levels. Find out more on the EFFA Festival Hub.
The Man of the Trees.
If resilience was a person, it would be Daniel Balima. Overcoming the polio that took the use of his legs as a child by walking on his hands, Daniel has spent 50 years planting an estimated one million trees. Follow him as he battles extreme drought and sets out to plant one million more. Find out more on the EFFA Festival Hub.
To Keep as One.
An Indigenous community in Alaska is quite literally held hostage by federal government incompetence and neglect as their home territories subside due to the melting of the permafrost. Demonstrating the stark realities of environmental racism and climate change, this film is an urgent call to action. Find out more on the EFFA Festival Hub.
Voices on the Road.
No road. No voice. No future. Deep in the jungle a road is quietly destroying a protected rainforest, causing conflict and fear. Yet for some Indigenous communities, desperate for change, it brings the promise of a better life… but at what cost? Find out more on the EFFA Festival Hub.