Waska: The Forest Is My Family
In memory of her grandfather, Nina Gualinga of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku investigates the commodification and extractivism of Indigenous lands in the Amazon Rainforest.
- Director: Nina Gualinga (Kichwa)
- Country: Ecuador
- Year: 2024
- Running Time: 15 min.
- Producer: Marc Silver, Nina Gualinga
- Screenplay: Nina Gualinga
- Cinematographers: Boloh Miranda, Elizabeth Swanson
- Editors: Passu Creativa Studio
- Music: Nicolás Fernández Pérez
- Language: English, Spanish, Kichwa
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- Format: DCP
- US Distributor: 4th World Media
This film is playing as a part of Freeing Juanita
An Indigenous Maya Chuj couple make a treacherous thousand-mile journey across Guatemala and into Mexico to demand the emancipation of their niece, who was wrongfully imprisoned during her intended migration to the United States.
