Overview
An international documentary on the value of ancestral knowledge in the face of global climate urgency.
Context
Sapientia Ancestralis emerges from the meeting of communities, territories and ways of knowing that offer concrete responses to the climate crisis. Field imagery recorded during the Canada–Bolivia collaboration feeds the documentary narrative.
The challenge
To translate a deeply territorial experience into a work able to inform, move and mobilize diverse audiences.
Scope of work
Strategy turned into action.
Concept development and coordination of international partners.
Recording of testimonies, territory and ancestral practices.
Collaboration with Lytton First Nation and CMIC Bolivia.
Preparation of presentations and premieres in Toronto and Lima.
Field record
Field record for the production.
Images from the international exchange that informs Sapientia Ancestralis. Official documentary stills can later replace these in public/images/Sapientia/.
Project impact
International visibility
Dialogue between science and tradition
Premieres planned in Toronto and Lima
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