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Spring 2023 Sustainability Film Series: Helena of Sarayaku
March 8, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Free![A flyer reading: Spring 2023 Sustainability film series: documentary screenings followed by panel discussions wednesdays 7 pm free admission Feb. 22 Helena of Sarayaku. Athena cinema.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/HELENA-SARAYAKU-MANTA-Social-Asset.png)
Traveling between her life in Finland and her mother’s homeland deep in the rainforests of Ecuador, 17-year-old Helena Gualinga yearns to protect her indigenous community from extractive development and the repercussions of climate change. Her story highlights the efforts of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku to recognize the Amazon rainforest as a “Kawsak Sacha – Living Jungle”.