Faced with terminal lung cancer, 80-year-old Sallie Smith rallies an unlikely team of fellow Alabama grandmas to fight for the removal of a toxic coal ash pit that threatens the waters of their beloved Mobile Bay.

Sallie's Ashes

Faced with terminal lung cancer, 80-year-old Sallie Smith rallies an unlikely team of fellow Alabama grandmas to fi ght for the removal of a toxic coal ash pit that threatens the waters of their beloved Mobile Bay.

Living Waters is a trip back to an Inuit way of life rooted in the Arctic. David Nanook, an Elder from the community of Taloyoak, Nunavut, passes on knowledge about how to repair and use a traditional stone fish weir, as his Elders taught him. The youth joining David reconnect with the ancestral protocols of this fishing ceremony and their Inuktitut language, reawakening their deep relationship with the land and its waters. Presented in partnership with CSU's Native American Cultural Center

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Living Waters (ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ)

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, Elder David Nanook teaches local youth to repair a traditional stone fish weir, using the practice to pass down Inuktitut language, ancestral ceremony, and a renewed relationship with the Arctic land and waters.

Set in Rio de Janeiro, Aleksia wanders on a journey through time, unveiling the origins of samba and its emergence from resilience, joy, spirituality and resistance of her Afro-Brazilian community.&nbsp;

Pavilhão

Set in Rio de Janeiro, Aleksia wanders on a journey through time, unveiling the origins of samba and its emergence from resilience, joy, spirituality and resistance of her Afro-Brazilian community.

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