Festival



Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month following Indigenous People’s Day by participating in Hispanic Access Foundation’s Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week. This week, come and celebrate life with us through the stories of Latino, Black, Indigenous and other people of color with roots in nature - learning, experiencing, and uplifting the nexus between human communities and the lands, waterways, and ocean we call home. 

The festival is 100% virtual, free to attend for all, and will feature interactive discussions between artists, communities, and decision-makers on environmental topics. Click here to GET YOUR TICKET.

 

2023 Program Guide

Tuesday, October 10 - Lands & Nature Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Cultural, religious, and ancestral connections to nature and the land; adventure stories; ecosystems and biodiversity on land; parks and protected areas on land; nature-based solutions; land-based natural resources; urban nature; traditional land management knowledge and practices; restorative agriculture; etc.

  • 4:00 pm - Welcome + Introduction to Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week 2023

  • 4:30 pm - Film Premieres:

    • Balam
    • EKBEH
    • Dulce
    • Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness
    • Amandiya, Overcoming Indifference Can Save the World! 

     

  • 5:35 pm - Intro to the Indigenous Speaker Series 

  • 5:55 pm - Film Premiere: Waniyetu Wowapi - Winter Count

  • 6:30 pm - Por La Creación Public Lands Panel Discussion

  • 7:25 pm - Feature Film Premiere: Cosmovisions

  • 8:20 pm - Keynote Speaker - Richard Montañez 

  • 8:35 pm - Closing Remarks

Wednesday, October 11 - Ocean and Waterways Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Stories of climate hazards such as flooding, sea level rise, wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat, or drought; climate risks to people, ecosystems, and biodiversity; climate solutions; urban sustainability; threats from fossil fuels and greenhouse gases; threats from plastics; climate governance; etc.

  • 4:00 pm - Welcome & Schedule of the Day

  • 4:10 pm - Film Premieres Block 1:

    • BWater
    • Garbage Island
    • The Round Lake
    • Coral Reef Restoration

     

  • 4:45 pm - Agua Corriente: Waterways Report Release discussion

  • 5:35pm - Film Premieres Block 2:

    • The Way You Sea Me
    • Kadal
    • Wading For Change
    • Machi (Fish)
    • Tiny
    • PADDLE TRIBAL WATERS

     

  • 6:40 pm - Indigenous Allyship Chat: Jill Sherman and Duane Sherman

  • 7:25 pm - Feature Film Premiere: PLASTICSPHERE

  • 8:30 pm - Closing remarks

Thursday, October 12 - Environmental Justice Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Connections between pollutants and health; nature and health; correcting historic injustices; ties between racial justice, civil rights, social rights, and environmental and climate justice; just food systems; just transition; just recovery from the pandemic; etc.

  • 4:00pm - Welcome & Schedule of the day

  • 4:10pm - Film Premieres Block 1:

    • New Beginnings
    • In the can
    • The Gooseberry Grandmother's Daughter
    • TRAVESSIA
    • La Curandera Cumbiambera

     

  • 5:30pm - Feature Film Premiere: Polinizadorxs 

  • 7:00pm - Indigenous Allyship Chat: Ashley Hemmers 

  • 8:00pm - Closing Remarks + Exclusive Trailer Previews

Friday, October 13 - Climate Crisis Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Cultural, religious, and ancestral connections to waterways and the ocean; ocean and water governance; water protectors; water and marine ecosystems and biodiversity; freshwater conservation; ocean and freshwater natural resources; water adventures; etc.

  • 4:00pm - Welcome + Indigenous Allyship Chat: Violet Sage Walker

  • 4:15pm - Film Premieres:

    • HOPE
    • The Climate Gentrification Crisis
    • Yoga Warming
    • The Speech of Txai Surui
    • REBIRTH
    • Drops of dew
    • The Solo Eclipse 

     

  • 5:00pm - Building Stories Together: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going

  • 6:30pm - 2023 OHOP Grantee Film Premieres:

    • The Shade Black
    • Criaturitas
    • El Medio Ambiente Desde Mis Ojos
    • Yola
    • La Mantanza Teaser

     

  • 7:20pm - Feature Film Premiere: Sons of the Ice

  • 8:10pm - Closing Ceremony + Awards

2022 Schedule Recap - 2022 Program Guide

Tuesday, October 11 - Lands & Nature Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Cultural, religious, and ancestral connections to nature and the land; adventure stories; ecosystems and biodiversity on land; parks and protected areas on land; nature-based solutions; land-based natural resources; urban nature; traditional land management knowledge and practices; restorative agriculture; etc.

  • 4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Theresa Harlan and Luna Hernandez Ramirez

  • 4:30pm: Films

    • Premiere of Frontera a Frontera Film Series
    • Coffee with Adão
    • Wherever You Are, Wherever I Am
    • OrHoDa
    • Barry the beekeeper
    • MUJER ESPÍRITU

  • 5:30pm: Climate Migration Panel

  • 6:30pm: Film

    • Seven Ridges

  • 7:45pm: Networking break

  • 8:00pm: Performance - Dr. Carolyn Finney

     

Wednesday, October 12 - Ocean and Waterways Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Stories of climate hazards such as flooding, sea level rise, wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat, or drought; climate risks to people, ecosystems, and biodiversity; climate solutions; urban sustainability; threats from fossil fuels and greenhouse gases; threats from plastics; climate governance; etc.

  • 4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Dr. Steven Mana’oakamai Johnson

  • 4:30pm: Films

    • Premiere of Our Heritage, Our Planet grantee films:
      • Outlier: Trust
      • Shared Seas
      • Joanne
      • Surf Dreamers
    • I Was Just a Child
    • Kintsugi II
    • Htrae

  • 5:30pm: Storytelling Workshop

  • 6:30pm: Films

    • #ClimateWoke short films
    • Drumoh
    • Checkmate Humanity
    • Flight to Earth
    • Annabelle's Aerodynamic Car
    • Agua Solar
  • 7:30pm: Indigenous Allyship Chat - Queen Quet

  • 7:45pm: Networking break

  • 8:00pm: Premiere of Our Heritage, Our Planet grantee films

    • Food Access

    • Connecting the Gap

Thursday, October 13 - Environmental Justice Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Connections between pollutants and health; nature and health; correcting historic injustices; ties between racial justice, civil rights, social rights, and environmental and climate justice; just food systems; just transition; just recovery from the pandemic; etc.

  • 4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Angelo Villagomez

  • 4:30pm: Films

    • Before it’s too late
    • Titration: Radioactive Waste, Princeton, and the Navajo Nation
    • STEM'd from my ancestors
    • Huwa Karu Yuxibu
    • The Improvement of Human Reason

  • 5:30pm: Book Reading - The Moonlit Vine

  • 6:00pm: Film

    • Greenway
  • 7:30pm: Indigenous Allyship Chat - Ashley Hemmers

  • 7:45pm: Networking break

  • 8:00pm: Film

    • The Echo

Friday, October 14 - Climate Crisis Day (4:00pm - 8:30pm EST)

Cultural, religious, and ancestral connections to waterways and the ocean; ocean and water governance; water protectors; water and marine ecosystems and biodiversity; freshwater conservation; ocean and freshwater natural resources; water adventures; etc.

  • 4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Violet Sage Walker

  • 4:30pm: Films

    • Cartas de Amor: Letters to Our Waterways Teaser
    • Águas Passadas - Past Waters
    • The Krishna Cosmic Circle of Life

  • 5:30pm: Island Resiliency Panel

  • 6:30pm: Films

    • The small red, big blue
    • De Panka
    • Marsh Clouds: the oysters of Harris Neck
    • Free to Swim
    • Women of the Wild
    • Catch the Rain
  • 7:30pm: Indigenous Allyship Chat - Michael Khus and Dr. Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez

  • 7:45pm: Networking break

  • 8:00pm: Closing Ceremony

 

2021 Schedule 

Tuesday, October 12 - Lands & Nature Day (3pm - 6 pm EST)

Cultural, religious, and ancestral connections to nature and the land; adventure stories; ecosystems and biodiversity on land; parks and protected areas on land; nature-based solutions; land-based natural resources; urban nature; traditional land management knowledge and practices; restorative agriculture; etc.

  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST - Our Heritage, Our Planet Opening Ceremony
  • 3:15 PM - 3:20 PM EST - SCREENING: The Leaf
  • 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM EST - SCREENING: However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
  • 4:20 PM - 4:30 PM EST - 10-minute break
  • 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM EST - SCREENING: It Tastes Great
  • 4:55 PM - 5:00 PM EST - SCREENING: The Seashell
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST - Public Lands Roundtable

Wednesday, October 13 - Climate Day (3pm - 6 pm EST)

Stories of climate hazards such as flooding, sea level rise, wildfires, hurricanes, extreme heat, or drought; climate risks to people, ecosystems, and biodiversity; climate solutions; urban sustainability; threats from fossil fuels and greenhouse gases; threats from plastics; climate governance; etc.

Thursday, October 14 - Equity, Justice, & Health Day (3pm - 6 pm EST)

Connections between pollutants and health; nature and health; correcting historic injustices; ties between racial justice, civil rights, social rights, and environmental and climate justice; just food systems; just transition; just recovery from the pandemic; etc.

Friday, October 15 - Ocean & Waterways Day (3pm - 6 pm EST)

Cultural, religious, and ancestral connections to waterways and the ocean; ocean and water governance; water protectors; water and marine ecosystems and biodiversity; freshwater conservation; ocean and freshwater natural resources; water adventures; etc.

 

Get Your Ticket

Tickets for Film Week are free, but you need to register through the virtual platform AirMeet. Click here to GET YOUR TICKET.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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