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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Coming to Victoria:
“Karuara, People of the
River” free screening at
UVic Cinecenta:
Monday November 18th at
7pm.
Co-produced by Stephanie Boyd and Mariluz
Canaquiri.
Both producers will be in attendance at
this film showing.
The film is about Mariluz Canaquiri's
struggle to protect her river and spirit universe below called “Karuara, People
of the River”
— though it’s not just “about” her
struggle, Mariluz is not just the film’s protagonist, she’s also the
co-producer.
The film is part of a successful
campaign to have the Marañón River declared a legal person, with rights
- the final verdict was just upheld
last week by a Peruvian appeals
court.
A coalition of Canadian lawyers and academics from the Environmental Law
Center (ELC) at the University of Victoria & the Justice & Corporate
Accountability Project (JCAP),
presented an amicus curiae in the Peruvian court to support the
lawsuit.
The film premiered at Hot Docs Festival this spring in Toronto
and won two prizes at Lima’s big film festival: Audience Choice and
Best Peruvian film.
Last week it won Best Amazon film at a regional festival in Peru
and was screened at the Banff Mountain film and book festival.
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