{"id":18918,"date":"2018-07-15T02:01:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18918"},"modified":"2024-06-28T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T01:07:32","slug":"the-last-guardians-a-must-watch-film-highlights-the-indigenous-fight-for-environmental-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18918","title":{"rendered":"The Last Guardians: A Must-Watch Film Highlights the Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/the-last-guardians-movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18919\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/the-last-guardians-movie-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"the-last-guardians-movie\" width=\"746\" height=\"497\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNow available for download and streaming, The Last Guardians takes viewers to the Ecuadorian Amazon to further understand the struggle of indigenous community members as they defend their land and culture against the threats they face from extractive industries.<br \/>\nFilmmakers Joe Tucker and Adam Punzano interview leaders of the Sapara and the Kichwa of Sarayaku \u2013 long-time Amazon Watch partners \u2013 who provide a first-hand account of the current climate and environmental justice crisis in the Amazon.<br \/>\nThrough storytelling, these representatives relate their everyday struggles as the Ecuadorian government continues to back oil companies whose activities deforest the Amazon, poison the water, and destroy homes and families.<br \/>\nBut all hope is not lost, as the film clearly demonstrates. Cameras capture how Sapara and Sarayaku communities are working to protect their territories and cultures and highlight the central role that resilient indigenous women leaders play at the forefront of the struggle.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amazonwatch.org\/news\/2018\/0713-the-last-guardians-a-must-watch-film-highlights-the-indigenous-fight-for-environmental-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/amazonwatch.org\/news\/2018\/0713-the-last-guardians-a-must-watch-film-highlights-the-indigenous-fight-for-environmental-justice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now available for download and streaming, The Last Guardians takes viewers to the Ecuadorian Amazon to further understand the struggle of indigenous community members as they defend their land and culture against the threats they face from extractive industries. Filmmakers Joe Tucker and Adam Punzano interview leaders of the Sapara and the Kichwa of Sarayaku &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18918\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Last Guardians: A Must-Watch Film Highlights the Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51292,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18918\/revisions\/51292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}