October 2, 2012
A groundbreaking documentary about an Ecuadorian Indigenous People's successful international legal battle against their country for allowing foreign oil exploration on their land without their consent has won an award at National Geographic's prestigious All Roads Film Project.
Amnesty International and the Kichwa de Sarayaku Indigenous community filmed and co-produced Children of the Jaguar, about the community's journey from their lands in eastern Ecuador's Amazonian rainforest to seek justice at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) in Costa Rica.
The film won "Best Documentary" at the 2012 National Geographic All Roads Film Festival held last weekend in Washington, DC.
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Children of the Jaguar (Full Documentary), 51 min
Published on Nov 11, 2013
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Amazon ecosystem, and especially the rain forest, is considered one of
the world's most complex animal and vegetable habitats. Its most
important characteristics are the sheer number of different animal and
plant species, and the extraordinary variations in macro and
micro-habitats. In this park alone, over 100 species of tree per
hectare have been identified. To give us some idea of the scale of this
number, in the richest, densest jungles of Central America, the
equivalent figure is no more than 40.Until about a year ago, Ñame and his family lived in Quehueiriono, on of the most important settlements along the Shiripuno, a tributary of the Napo. But natural resources were running out, and were not enough to feed the 160 members of the community. So, Ñame decided to move out, and settle in a different place, two days walk from Quehueiriono.
