The 2021 Environmental Justice Film Series will screen the film Sembradoras de Vida (Mothers of the Land) on March 25 from 6-8 PM. The film is directed by Alvaro y Diego Sarmiento, and it is a 2019 documentary that accompanies five women from the Andean highlands in their daily struggle to maintain a traditional and organic way of working the land. Link: https://www.sembradorasdevida.com.
The film creening event will be followed by a post-screening discussion with director Diego Sarmiento.
Register here for this event: https://tinyurl.com/y3qwyukk
The Series is Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Environment, Native American Educational and Cultural Center, The Department of Spanish and Portuguese/School of Languages and Cultures, Department of Anthropology, The Arequipa Nexus Institute JEDI Postdoctoral Working Group, & The Division of Student Life.
Lori Hoagland
Professor, Purdue University
Horticulture And Landscape Architecture
Nexus Institute Co-Director
E-mail: c4e-nexus@purdue.edu
Walter Daniel Leon-Salas
Associate Professor, Purdue University
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
Nexus Institute Co-Director
E-mail: c4e-nexus@purdue.edu
Dennis Macedo
Associate Professor, UNSA
Agronomy
Nexus Institute Co-Director
E-mail: dmacedova@unsa.edu.pe