Amazon, the New Minamata?

Film screening followed by a discussion with director Jorge Bodanzky
24. February 2025
19.00-21.00

Save the Date
For free

all ages welcome

in English/in Portuguese

The Munduruku people's quest to contain the destructive impact of gold mining on their ancestral territory, while revealing how Minamata disease, stemming from mercury contamination, threatens inhabitants across the Amazon today. 

 Amazonia la nova Minamata?
Jorge Bodanzky

Amazon, the New Minamata?

Brazil, 2022 | 70 min | DCP | Subtitles: English | Documentary. Directed by: Jorge Bodanzky  

Cast: Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Erik Jennings  

The conversation with Jorge Bodanzky will be facilitated by filmmaker Barbara Marcel. The conversation will be held in English and Portuguese with English translation.

See also

Series
Caretaking, naturally together
Making of a music video about collective care practices in collaboration with Gemeinschaftsschule auf dem Campus Rütli
Series
Territories of Knowledge
In this partnership, Spore supports the project Territories of Knowledge; a field-research by artist, filmmaker and researcher Barbara Marcel and transmedia journalist and researcher Camila Nobrega.
Series
Unfolding Stories
Monthly picture book workshops at the Spore Library

Facilitations and Tools
ABUELAS Y ABUELOS ÁRBOLES
Caminar el Tiempo
Animation Film “El Zumbido de Baláam Kaab”

Partners
Permactivie
Fonds Saint-Denis
Escuela de Agricultura Ecológica U Yits Ka'an
Maní, Yucatán
Colectivo Suumil Móokt’aan
Sinanché, Yucatán