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AN INTERCULTURAL COPRODUCTION
by Roots & Routes, La Chiquita, and Guadualito, in collaboration with Selvas Producciones
Afro-descendant and Indigenous youth from Ecuador's Chocó take up their cameras and transform their elders' memories of resistance into an urgent indictment of the oil palm plantations polluting their rivers, their forests, and their communities—visibilizing the world's first constitutional Rights of Nature lawsuit.
RUNNING TIME
Approx. 73 min
ORIGINAL VERSION
Spanish, Awapit. Spanish subtitles
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2026 WINNER
Indiana Independent Film Festival (Indiana, USA). Best Documentary Feature
PIFF, Paraná International Film Festival, 9th Edition (Paraná, Argentina) – Best Documentary.
ÍCARO, Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica (Guatemala City, Guatemala) – Nomination for Best International Feature Documentary.
Hollywood Indie Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA) – Best Documentary Feature, Spring Season.
Barcelona Indie Festival (Barcelona, Spain) – Nominated, Best Documentary Feature, Spring Season.
2025 winner
Freedom Festival International (Columbia, South Carolina, USA) – Best Documentary
4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (Bali, Indonesia) – Nomination for Best Documentary Film.
2024 WINNER
Festival Internacional de Cine Verde (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) – Best International Feature Film.
Calgary Independent Film Festival (Calgary, Canada) – Award Winner, Long Form Impact, Feature Documentary category.
Bangkok Movie Awards (Bangkok, Thailand) – Finalist, Documentary Film category.
Festival Internacional de Cine Negro Cimarrón (Esmeraldas, Ecuador) – Best Investigative Documentary.
oficial selection
2026 SELECTION
World Water Film Festival (New York City, United States)
Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards (Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria).
ECOador, Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental (Quito, Ecuador).
2025 SELECTION
Africa International Human Rights Film Festival (Ogba, Lagos State, Nigeria).
II Festival Internacional de Cine de Galapagos (Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador).
Kunturñawi Ecuadorian Film Festival (Riobamba, Ecuador).
Buffalo International Film Festival (Buffalo, New York, United States) – World Premiere in English.
FICY, Festival Internacional de Cine de Yopal (Yopal, Colombia).
Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca (Cuenca, Ecuador).
EcoZine International Film Festival (Zaragoza, Spain)
2024 SELECTION
SUNCINE International Environmental Film Festival, Golden Sun Competition (Barcelona, Spain) – World Premiere in Spanish.
EDOC – Encuentros del Otro Cine, International Documentary Film Festival (Quito, Ecuador) – National Premiere in Spanish.
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