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PMA Films: Reciprocity Project Season One (Free screening)

  • Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM


[A] beautiful example of culture’s power to remind us all that we are part of nature and that the survival of the Earth cannot be separated from the health of society.
— Yo-Yo Ma

69 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by various filmmakers. In various languages with English subtitles.

NOTE: This collection of short films will screen on a loop from 11 am-5 pm, and guests may enter anytime.

Facing a climate crisis, the Reciprocity Project embraces Indigenous value systems that have bolstered communities since the beginning of time. To heal, we must recognize that we are in relationship with Earth, a place that was in balance since time immemorial.

This short film series and multimedia platform invites learning from time-honored and current Indigenous ways of being.

In many Indigenous languages, there is no word for reciprocity; rather, it's embedded in every aspect of existence, connecting all beings, seen and unseen. With this in mind, we aim to Indigenize the current conversation about the climate crisis—a man-made catastrophe often described as 'unprecedented'. Through stories that explore the value of reciprocity, made by and about communities that have survived and thrived through other man-made catastrophes, we seek hope for humanity.

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