Film selection
Cipó de Jabuti — Amazon Riverine Stories
(8 mins) A virtual reality mini documentary entirely filmed in the Amazon rainforest, created by youth at Global Shapers Community, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Watch
Youth Producers: Odenilze Ramos (22), Rafael Bittencourt (21) and Guilherme Novak (24)
Tu Prejuicio, Mi Identidad (Your Prejudice, My Identity)
(4 mins) A video showing how the gaze or opinion of others can make individuals feel oppressed and judged for their gender or identity, created by students at Fundación Puerta 18, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Watch
Youth Producers: Brenda B. (13), Ignacio M. (21), Yazmin B. (17), Gianluca B. (16), Jeremy S. (14), Manuel Jesus S. (20), Rocío T. (18), Marcos T. (15), Ezequiel H. (19), Álvaro C (14), Ulises R. (18), Iván L. (17), Renata Z. (13), Stephanie I. (19), and Guido Q. (14)
Mentor: Andrés Díaz
Diversity in Sham Shui Po
(8 mins) A portrait of Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district, where diversity thrives, created by students at the University of Hong Kong. Watch
Youth Producers: Fung Gabriel (19), Tang Wai Yin Antonia (20), Lam Tse Tin (22), Zheng Wei (21), Liu Leran (20), Ma Guolei (23)
The Forgotten Ones
(4 mins) An immersive narrative that places viewers into the largest dumpsite in Eastern Africa, told from the perspective of the dumpsite itself, created by youth producers at BlackRhinoVR, Nairobi, Kenya. Watch
Youth Producer: Charles Muchiri (22)
Decolonize Your Eyes
(4 mins) We seek to decolonize narratives about the favela and communities of Rio de Janeiro through the stories of its residents, created by youth at GatoMÍDIA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Watch
Youth Producers: Andressa Santos (20), Nicole Pereira (22)
Mentors: George Ferreira, Raull Santigo, Marcela Lisboa, Leonardo Souza, Jonathan Thomaz, João Araió, Thamyra Thâmara
The Farm Cops — For a Hunger Free Society
(2 mins 20 secs) A profile of activities at a school farm aimed at equipping students to be farming ambassadors who can bring lifelong skills to their own communities, created by students at Gayaza High School, Kampala, Uganda. Watch
Youth Producers: Katriana. A (15), Mitchelle. M (15), Mildred. M (16) , Sarah. N (17) and Rebecca. M (17)
Mentor: Theode Niyirinda
Around the Same Table
(4 mins 40 secs) A story about the importance of sustainable farming and the community it brings together, created by students at Cedar Ridge High School, North Carolina, United States. Watch
Youth Producers: Justus A. (17) and Charles B. (17)
Mentors: Andrea DeGette and Alexis Barnes
Break the Bias
(5 mins) A story about the impact of gender biases children face throughout their lives, created by youth affiliated with iEARN-India, Pune, India. Watch
Youth Producers: Anish P (18), Mihir P (17), Sakshi G (17), Avani K (16), Radhika K (18), Sukhada B (17), Chinmay M (18), Sachi L (16), Ketaki P (16), Omkar J (17, Rohan D. (15)
Mentors: Sunita Bhagwat and Mrunal Potnis
Ribeirinhos — The Struggle of a People
(6 mins) Students document the daily struggles faced by people living on the river banks across from Breves, Brazil, created by students at High School Maria Elizete Fona Nunes, Breves, Brazil in partnership with Recode. Watch
Youth Creators: Breno Amaral (20), Divany Guimarães (20), Gleice Clara (19), Wesley Pinheiro (18)
Mentor: Marcos Paulo de Oliveira Barros
Awavena
(18 mins, will be screened on Wednesday, 25 September) For the Amazonian Yawanawa, ‘medicine’ has the power to transport you in a vision to a world within the world you know. At their request, artist Lynette Wallworth uses our technology like medicine, hoping to fulfill a dream of theirs: to open a portal within us to another way.
Pearls of NY Harbor
(5 mins) In the 1600s, there were 220,000 acres of oyster reefs in NY Harbor; but by the 1900s, it was mostly lifeless due to pollution, dredging and overharvesting. Join the Billion Oyster Project as they incubate, harvest and regenerate this delicate keystone species.
X-Ray Fashion 360
(10 mins) Created by MANND, directed by Francesco Carrozzini, produced by Vulcan Productions and Connect4Climate – World Bank Group. X-Ray Fashion is a cinematic VR documentary that illuminates the environmental impacts of fast-fashion and highlights sustainable fashion solutions.
Guardians of the Forest
(10 mins) The Amazon is burning. Decades of environmental protections have been undone and ecological devastation has accelerated to an unimaginable pace and scale. Stand next to indigenous leaders from the Guajajara community in Brazil, the last line of defense fighting deforestation in the Amazon in their quest to bring illegal loggers to justice.
Tree
(10 mins) Tree is an award-winning multi-sensory VR installation that allows you to experience a rainforest tree’s life from a seedling to its fullest form. Your arms are branches, your body a trunk, and you can hear, smell, and feel the rainforest as you grow. Read more
Views from the Frontline: From industrialisation to toxicity
(2 mins 13 secs) Industrialisation in Chile has led to high levels of air pollution and soil & water contamination in the coastal areas of Puchuncavi and Quintero. In 2018 more than 700 adults and 400 children of Quintero and Puchuncavi were hospitalised due to toxin induced illnesses. Watch
Views from the Frontline: Stepping from house to sea
(1 min 38 secs) Langue de Barbarie is a thin strip of land off the north coast of Senegal. Sea level rise has eroded close to a kilometre of the coastline. Community members remember walking out at least 1 km from their homes to the sea. Now the sea is barely 10 feet away from their houses. Watch
A Day in the Life of a Community Health Worker
(2 mins) In Uganda, Proskevin Narbora—a community health worker—provides lifesaving primary care to her community. She diagnoses and treats illnesses, including malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea, and helps pregnant and new mothers. See a day in her life and the power of a Community Health Worker. Watch
The Garden of Eden - Maternal health in Afghanistan
(5 mins 18 secs) In 2003, EMERGENCY opened the Anabah Maternity Centre in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan. This women-run centre for women has proven to be crucial for maternal-infant health. As of today, the Centre performed 350,000 consultations to women and 56,000 have been born there. Watch
