Documentary research 2021.
Global fever is the symptom of a disease that has been in our territories for more than 500 years. These are the stories of Thelma, María and Maggie. From Guatemala, we created this documentary investigation to expose the corporations that in complicity with the government, dissposses indigenous territories. While the profit of a few puts at risk the future of the entire planet, we indigenous women are living alternatives to the climate crisis, we are the cure of the earth.
Thelma Cabrera
EP 01: Cure the Territory
Documentary HD Color | 17 min | Guatemala 2021 | Spanish, Maya Mam | Subtitles ENG POR
This is the story of Thelma Cabrera in Guatemala. 200 years after the formation of the National-States, the pacts between elites that promote the destruction of Mother Earth and the dispossession of indigenous territories are revealed. Women who recover stolen land are living alternatives to the climate crisis.
Podcast
Cure the Territory
Q&A
Film Premier
On September 23 was the online premiere of the documentary in alliance with the Guatemalan Federation of Radiophonic Shcools FGER and #FuturosIndígenas. Thelma Cabrera participated and spoke about the process of curing the territory through communitarian organization.
Created by #HackeoCultural and the Guatemalan Federation of Radiophonic Schools FGER as part of the Bertha Challenge. Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 content, you can freely watch, share and disseminate without commercial purposes.
María CHOC
EP 02: Cure the Body
Documentary HD Color | 15 min | Guatemala 2021 | Spanish, Maya Q’eqchi’ | Subtitles ENG POR
This is the story of María Choc. From Guatemala we present this investigation where we reveal how agroindustry corporations have turned our territories into green deserts, have poisoned our bodies and criminalize communities that defend the ancestral land. Women who fight for freedom, are living alternatives to the climate crisis.
Podcast
Curar el Cuerpo
Q&A
Film Premier
On September 27 was the online premiere of the documentary in alliance with the Guatemalan Federation of Radiophonic Shcools FGER and #FuturosIndígenas. María Choc presented the film and spoke about the criminalization process against her, she deepened about how she cures her body in times of climate crisis.
Created by #HackeoCultural and the Guatemalan Federation of Radiophonic Schools FGER as part of the Bertha Challenge. Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 content, you can freely watch, share and disseminate without commercial purposes.
Maggie García
EP 03: Cure the Spirit
Documentary HD Color | 17 min | Guatemala 2021 | Spanish, Maya Kaq’chikel | Subtitles ENG POR
This is the story of Maggie García. From Guatemala, we present this documentary research that reveals how green capitalism seeks to dispossess the indigenous communities of Lake Atitlan, big companies and the government take advantage of the climate crisis to make business with water. In times of pandemic, ecocide and genocide, indigenous women who defend water and practice our spirituality are living alternatives to the climate crisis.
Podcast
Curar el Espíritu
Q&A
Conversatorio
On September 30 was the online premiere of the documentary in alliance with the Guatemalan Federation of Radiophonic Shcools FGER and #FuturosIndígenas. Maggie García presented the film and spoke about the organized defense of Lake Atitlán and how she cures her spirit in times of climate crisis.
Created by #HackeoCultural and the Guatemalan Federation of Radiophonic Schools FGER as part of the Bertha Challenge. Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 content, you can freely watch, share and disseminate without commercial purposes.
About the
Climate crisis
COP26 is approaching, but the current situation of the climate crisis demonstrates that governments and corporations are unable to solve the biggest challenge of our time because they will always choose economic growth over life.
What if alternatives to the climate crisis already exist? Indigenous Peoples make up 6% of the population and are stewards of 80% of the remaining biodiversity and ecosystems that keep our planet alive. They are the least responsible for carbon emissions but are most affected by the effects of global warming.
In alliance with Culture Hack Labs we create this narrative report that shows the evolution of an emerging narrative where the conversation of the climate crisis and the defense of the territory converge.
About this Investigation
For a year we were able to deepen into a process of investigative journalism and narrative action to delve into the question: How does the relationship between profit and politics contribute to the climate and the ecological crisis?
Based on the reflection of the Global Gathering of Indigenous Women #CuraDaTerra 2020, we created a narrative research model that seeks to put at the center of the conversation of the climate crisis the voices and stories of indigenous women who defend their bodies, territories and spirits. From this process these three documentaries and the podcast series were born.
We thank Thelma, María and Maggie whose knowledge and work are living alternatives to the climate crisis. We honor the struggle of the communities that are on the front lines of defense of the future.
The contents of this page are the result of this research, created by #HackeoCultural with the support of the Guatemalan Federation of Radio Schools FGER as part of the Bertha Challenge. You can view, remix and distribute them freely under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC 4.0.