Documentaries
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Before the Rain (2018)In the Upper Xingu region, Brazilian Amazon, the recent agribusiness expansion has caused drastic impacts on the environmental and Indigenous and rural livelihoods. The documentary shows how the present and future of young people from different communities in this region have been significantly constrained due to deforestation, forest fires, and other environmental changes. While Anderson, Milene, Oreme, and Tawa explain how large-scale farming harms the regional environmental condition, these young people reflect on how local resilience can respond and adapt to those impacts.
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Xingu Seed Network (2017)The Xingu Seed Network is the largest native seed supplier in Brazil for forest restoration. The initiative involves 30 organisations and 600 seed collector in the Xingu’s watershed region of the Brazilian Amazon. This short-documentary presents how local communities have engaged in seed collection, processing and storage to facilitate regional restoration projects alongside significant socio-political outcomes.
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Unearthing Science (2019)This video is one of a wide arrange of materials adopted by the Unearthing Science program to support rural students in Australia to think critically and curiously about the world. In small groups, students explore portable labs and scientific equipment to help guide and facilitate experiments. They design and carrying out a research project, collecting data from their own local environment or community, and presenting their work in a variety of communication pathways, including social media.
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