Las Gaurdianas
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The life of Josefina Tunki, the first female President of the Shuar Arutam Indigenous People of Ecuador, is a chronicle of courage. Las Guardianas explores the civil threats, deep-rooted gender bias, and systemic oppression she must navigate to protect her land and people. As the fate of the natural world hangs in the balance, her work to combat environmental degradation in her community through ancestral wisdom and healing is a unique response to the climate crisis that honors our innate connection to land and home.
Josefina’s remarkable fight portrays the emotional experience of what it means to risk your life and liberty to protect your ancestral land. This last stand for the Amazon, the "lungs of the Earth," impacts us all.