{"id":27069,"date":"2014-09-03T09:20:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T19:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=27069"},"modified":"2021-10-27T14:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:05:50","slug":"toby-mcleod-presents-documentaries-on-threats-to-sacred-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/09\/03\/toby-mcleod-presents-documentaries-on-threats-to-sacred-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby McLeod presents documentaries on threats to sacred places"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Lecturer Series in Arts and Sciences is bringing producer\/director Toby McLeod to Honolulu to present a four-part documentary series showing how indigenous communities are resisting threats to their sacred places in a growing movement to defend human rights and restore the environment. The series will take place September 16–18 at the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Art Auditorium and is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

McLeod is project director of Earth Island Institute’s Sacred Land Film Project<\/a>. He has been working with indigenous communities as a filmmaker, journalist and photographer for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

The series exposes threats to the health, livelihood and cultural survival of native people in eight communities around the world. Rare scenes of tribal life allow indigenous people to tell their own stories, and confront us with the ethical consequences of our culture of consumption.<\/p>\n

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