Ciné-Échange | Amazonia, an Encounter with the Guardians of the Rainforest


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Friday, 12 April 2024 | 18:00 | La Maison du Cinéma |
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In collaboration with the Carrefour de solidarité internationale (CSI)
Screening of Amazonia, an Encounter with the Guardians of the Rainforest, followed by a discussion.
Speakers: Santiago Bertolino (guest director), Frida Villarreal (volunteer cooperant) and Marie-Josée Béliveau (ethno-geographer)
Animator : Dominique Forget, co-director and education program manager, Carrefour de solidarité internationale
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Guests
Santiago Bertolino Cinéaste | Le Studio Via le monde Inc.
Santiago Bertolino is an independent director and screenwriter. Amazonie, à la rencontre des gardiens et des gardiennes de la forêt is his 4th feature film. NIN E TEPUEIAN (My Cry), his 3rd feature-length documentary, was released in Quebec cinemas in January 2020. It portrays Innu artist Natasha Kanapé Fontaine and is produced by Le Studio Via le Monde Inc. In 2016, he directed Un journalist au front (A reporter on the front lines). Produced by the NFB, this film follows a freelance reporter in a Middle-East war zone. Filming took him to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, Israel/Palestine, Egypt and Turkey.…
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- Friday, 12 April 2024 | 18:00 - La Maison du Cinéma
Dominique Forget Co-directrice et chargée de programmes en éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale | Carrefour de solidarité internationale
Dominique is co-director and education program manager at Carrefour de solidarité internationale. Holder of a master's degree in political science and a pedagogy diploma, she contributes to awakening and nurturing the values of solidarity, social justice, democracy and citizen participation among the Estrie population.
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- Friday, 12 April 2024 | 18:00 - La Maison du Cinéma
Frida Villarreal Coopérante volontaire | CECI
Over the past two years, I've had two mandates as a volunteer cooperant with CECI-Bolivia as a climate change advisor. These years have enabled me to deepen my knowledge of environmental issues, to be close to local organizations, in particular the National Confederation of Women of Bolivia (CNAMIB), and to travel through some of the diverse and complex territories of my home country, as I was born in Bolivia. In my professional career, I have worked for several years on international university projects on environmental education, involving the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and universities in the Bolivian Amazon.…
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- Friday, 12 April 2024 | 18:00 - La Maison du Cinéma
Marie-Josée Béliveau Géographe
Marie-Josée Béliveau est ethnogéographe, écologiste et conférencière. Depuis plus de 15 ans, elle s'implique dans les luttes environnementales, les droits autochtones et des droits humains. Elle a travaillé en Amérique latine, notamment avec le mouvement des sans terre de Bolivie et a été présidente du Comité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine (CDHAL). Elle s’est investie contre l'industrie et le transport des sables bitumineux et elle est co-fondatrice de la Marche des peuples pour la Terre Mère, de la Fondation Coule pas chez-nous ainsi que du Collectif du Mur de femmes contre les oléoducs et les sables bitumineux. En…
Will attend:
- Friday, 12 April 2024 | 18:00 - La Maison du Cinéma