Water is Life
Women
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24m
On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.
Director: Sam Vinal
24 min | USA
Languages: English
FILMMAKER Q&A:
https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/water-is-life/
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