How are Indigenous filmmakers redefining filmmaking as a care-led, relational practice in the context of environmental justice?
At a time of ecological crisis, Indigenous filmmakers are reshaping environmental storytelling through a lens grounded in ‘nature connectedness’. This panel explores how storytelling intersects with land and identity in the context of climate and environmental justice. Central to this is an understanding of filmmaking as an ethical practice – one that holds responsibilities to both human participants and the natural world. As such, nature-centred filmmaking is explored as a creative and political tool for environmental education and resistance.
The discussion highlights how Indigenous leadership and storytelling practices are fostering more grounded, care-led approaches to filmmaking. Drawing on lived experiences and case studies, speakers will examine questions of power and support, asking how the filmmaking industry can better enable filmmaking that prioritises connection over extraction.
Speakers:
To be announced
Moderator:
Ana Lucia Ixchiu (Filmmaker)
Session produced by Reina-Marie Loader and Carolina Machado Oliveira
In partnership with Bournemouth University and If Not Us, Then Who?
