Out now - 'Earth Defender', a haunting music film that exposes the life that is lost while defending nature.
'Earth Defender' captures the Iban community’s commitment to preserving their lands, set against artist Novo Amor's haunting score. Through its story, Earth Defender underscores the need for global support and policy change to ensure these protectors’ safety.
Every 48 hours an Earth Defender goes missing or is murdered while protecting Earth's vanishing wilderness - our life support system.
This music film is a a joint director collaboration between Studio Birthplace's Jorik Dozy and Sil van der Woerd with 19 year old Indigenous filmmaker Kynan Tegar.
Supported by campaign partners Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), Yayasan HAKA and Global Alliance, the film urges audience that Immediate action is needed to safeguard Indigenous rights to land, culture, and environmen with a call to sign AMAN's petition for The Indigenous People's Bill, which aims to protect Indigenous peoples from losing their ancestral lands to government and corporate projects.
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Watch 'Earth Defender' here.
