Indigenous Peoples’ media as a vehicle for change: stories from Mexico, Brazil and Colombia

In the context of International Human Rights Day 2021, IPRI’s partners from Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil present stories from Indigenous Peoples' struggles against criminalization, highlighting their bravery and their foresights. 

Title: The struggle of indigenous women surrounded by enemies in Brasília

Country: Brazil
A documentary film by: The Intercept y APIB (Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil).

In the midst of a climate of threats and insecurity, the largest and most historic mobilization of the indigenous movement brought the spotlight to Brazil.

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Title: Confined We Resist

Country: Colombia
A documentary film by: La Cola de Rata with the support of IPRI- Indigenous Peoples Rights International

Indigenous families of Unión, in the Chocó, are forcibly displaced from their territory by the armed group AGC: Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.

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Title: Paso de la Reyna: More than a decade in the defense of the Verde River

Country: Mexico
A documentary film by: IPRI- Indigenous Peoples Rights International

The community of Paso de la Reyna, located in the Costa Chica Region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, has been defending the Río Verde for more than a decade from the exploitation and extraction of petrous material.

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