Standing on Sacred Ground, Fire and Ice

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Statement of responsibility: Bullfrog Films presents a Sacred Land Film Project ; produced and directed by Christopher McLeod ; written and co-produced by Jennifer Huang ; a co-production of Pacific Islanders in Communications, Vision Maker Media and Sacred Land Film Project

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Summary: "From Ethiopia to Peru, indigenous customs protect biodiversity on sacred lands under pressure from religious conflicts and climate change. In the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia, scientists confirm the benefits of traditional stewardship even as elders witness the decline of spiritual practices that have long protected trees, meadows and mountains. Tensions with evangelical Christians over a sacred meadow erupt into a riot. In the Peruvian Andes, the Q'eros, on a pilgrimage to a revered glacier, are driven from their ritual site by intolerant Catholics. Q'eros potato farmers face a more ominous foe: global warming is melting glaciers, their water source. Andes farmers, scientists and visiting Ethiopians struggle to adapt indigenous agriculture to the changing climate"-- http://standingonsacredground.org/learn-more/synopses (as viewed on April 11, 2014)

Credits note: Edited by Marta Wohl ; directors of photography, Andrew Black, Christopher McLeod, Vicente Franco ; composer, Tom Disher

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PerformerNote: Narrated by Graham Greene ; storyteller, Q'orianka Kilcher ; interviewees: Satish Kumar, Winona LaDuke, Halak'a Shagire, Kefale Daba, Terenke Sark'a, Fredy Flores Machacca, Benito Quispe, Milton Gamarra, Maria Scurrah and others

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