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.
2022 Schedule - 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.
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4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Theresa Harlan and Luna Hernandez Ramirez
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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
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5:30pm: Climate Migration Panel
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6:30pm: Film
- Seven Ridges
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7:45pm: Networking break
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8:00pm: Performance - Dr. Carolyn Finney
Wednesday, October 12 - Climate Crisis 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.
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4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Dr. Steven Mana’oakamai Johnson
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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
- Premiere of Our Heritage, Our Planet grantee films:
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5:30pm: Storytelling Workshop
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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
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7:45pm: Networking break
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8:00pm: Premiere of Our Heritage, Our Planet grantee films
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Food Access
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Connecting the Gap
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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.
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4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Angelo Villagomez
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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
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5:30pm: Book Reading - The Moonlit Vine
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6:00pm: Film
- Greenway
- 7:30pm: Indigenous Allyship Chat - Ashley Hemmers
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7:45pm: Networking break
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8:00pm: Film
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The Echo
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Friday, October 14 - Ocean & Waterways 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.
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4:00pm: Welcome, followed by Indigenous Allyship Chat: Violet Sage Walker
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4:30pm: Films
- Cartas de Amor: Letters to Our Waterways Teaser
- Águas Passadas - Past Waters
- The Krishna Cosmic Circle of Life
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5:30pm: Island Resiliency Panel
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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
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7:45pm: Networking break
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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.
- 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST - Climate Day: Welcome
- 3:15 PM - 3:25 PM EST - HISPANIC ACCESS SCREENING: I Am Cheo
- 3:30 PM - 3:35 PM EST - SCREENING: Lonely Whale
- 3:40 PM - 3:45 PM EST - SCREENING: Orange Skies (but not like the Love song)
- 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM EST - SCREENING: 8 Poems of Emigration
- 4:00 PM - 4:10 PM EST - SCREENING: Terra Cene
- 4:10 PM - 4:20 PM EST - SCREENING: Act for Impact
- 4:20 PM - 4:25 PM EST - SCREENING: Citsalp
- 4:25 PM - 4:30 PM EST - SCREENING: When We Finally Understood
- 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST - Roundtable Discussion: Centering Art and Artists in Climate Activism
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.
- 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM EST - Equity, Justice, & Health Day: Welcome
- 3:10 PM - 3:25 PM EST - HISPANIC ACCESS SCREENING: Leche y Miel (Milk and Honey)
- 3:25 PM - 3:27 PM EST - SCREENING: Letter from Fukushima
- 3:27 PM - 3:30 PM EST - SCREENING: Futur
- 3:30 PM - 3:33 PM EST - SCREENING: Balconies in Covid Times
- 3:33 PM - 3:50 PM EST - SCREENING: I Know What Pandemic Means
- 3:50 PM - 4:00 PM EST - SCREENING: L.A. Rises
- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM EST - 15-minute Break
- 4:15 PM - 4:18 PM EST - SCREENING: The Birth
- 4:18 PM - 4:44 PM EST - SCREENING: Ava Kuña, Aty Kuña: indigenous woman, political woman
- 4:44 PM - 5:00 PM EST - SCREENING: Subiran Namon (Our Fishing Boat)
- 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST - 15-minute break
- 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EST - Environmental Justice Poetry Performance & Presentation
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.
- 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM EST - Ocean & Waterways Day: Welcome
- 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM EST - HISPANIC ACCESS SCREENING: El Canto Del Mar (Song of the Sea)
- 3:30 PM - 3:34 PM EST - SCREENING: Headwaters
- 3:35 PM - 3:40 PM EST - SCREENING: Deep
- 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM EST - SCREENING: Greenland: Journey to the Center of Climate Change
- 4:20 PM - 4:30 PM EST - 10-minute break
- 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM EST - SCREENING: On the Surface
- 4:35 PM - 4:38 PM EST - SCREENING: PlasticC
- 4:38 PM - 4:50 PM EST - SCREENING: Living Water
- 4:50 PM - 4:54 PM EST - SCREENING: Señora Océano
- 4:54 PM - 5:03 PM EST - SCREENING: Al Aire el Río
- 5:05 PM - 5:15 PM EST - 10-minute break
- 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM EST - Meet the Filmmakers Networking Session
- 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM EST - Closing Ceremony
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