Waska: The Forest Is My Family (Trailer)

As commodification and extractivism in the Amazon Rainforest extends to the plant medicine hayakwaska, the granddaughter of a Yachak (shaman) reveals the essence of what it means to live as part of the forest.

Nina Gualinga of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku, speaks with the memory of her Apayaya (grandfather) about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction and marginalization of Indigenous Peoples, questioning our very relationship to earth and the quest for healing.

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NINA GUALINGA
Director, Producer

STINA THOMAS HAMLIN
Post Production Supervisor

TRACY RECTOR
Executive Producer

Categories: The Heart Carries