Standing on Sacred Ground
“Four Films. Eight Cultures. One Fight.”
Indigenous people resist government mega-projects, consumer culture, competing religions, resource extraction and climate change in this four-part documentary series. In the US and around the world, native communities share ecological wisdom and spiritual reverence while battling a utilitarian view of land.
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- Ep 1
1.Pilgrims and Tourists
01-03-2014In the Russian Republic of Altai, traditional native people create their own mountain parks to rein in tourism and resist a gas pipeline that would cut through a World Heritage Sit...
- Ep 2
2.Profit and Loss
01-03-2014In Papua New Guinea, a Chinese government owned mine has violently relocated villagers, built a new pipeline and refinery on contested clan land, and is dumping mining waste into t...
- Ep 3
3.Fire and Ice
01-03-2014In Ethiopia's Gamo Highlands, the benefits of traditional stewardship are confirmed even as elders witness the decline of spiritual practices that have long protected their natural...
- Ep 4
4.Islands of Sanctuary
01-03-2014In Australia's Northern Territory, Aboriginal clans maintain Indigenous Protected Areas and resist the destructive effects of a mining boom. In Hawaii, indigenous ecological and sp...
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