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Nuraga Bhumi follows an all-Indigenous women patrol team who have been trained by Gunung Leuser National Park rangers to help protect the forest and their critically endangered tiger relatives in Sumatra, Indonesia. The film highlights the importance of involving Indigenous women in local conservation efforts, and gives a glimpse into what it looks like when women-led Indigenous communities start reclaiming their birthright as land protectors.
- Year2024
- Runtime31 minutes
- AwardsWorld Premiere: Bali International Film Festival; Best Short Documentary: Cannes World Film Festival; Eko International Film Festival; Bollywood International Film Festival; Kinosuite International; International Film Festival The Hague; Best Short Documentary: Montreal Independent Film Festival; Finalist: European Cinema Film Festival; Best International Documentary: Nepal Cultural International Film Festival.
- NoteDanielle Khan Da Silva is an award-winning South Asian-Portuguese scientist-turned storyteller and National Geographic Explorer who is generally interested in the intersections between habitat conservation, Indigenous knowledge, rematriation and collective liberation. She is currently working on longterm projects on: Indigenous science and the parallels between orcas and Coast Salish matriarchs; intuitive interspecies communication in French Polynesia; ocean guardians in Colombia; and Indigenous women in Indonesia who are protecting their natural heritage and critically endangered orangutan and tiger kin. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Photographers Without Borders, and holds an Hons. BSc. degrees in conservation biology, psychology and global studies from the University of Western Ontario, as well as an MSc. in Environment & Development from the London School of Economics. www.danikhandasilva.com
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- DirectorDanielle Khan Da Silva
Nuraga Bhumi follows an all-Indigenous women patrol team who have been trained by Gunung Leuser National Park rangers to help protect the forest and their critically endangered tiger relatives in Sumatra, Indonesia. The film highlights the importance of involving Indigenous women in local conservation efforts, and gives a glimpse into what it looks like when women-led Indigenous communities start reclaiming their birthright as land protectors.
- Year2024
- Runtime31 minutes
- AwardsWorld Premiere: Bali International Film Festival; Best Short Documentary: Cannes World Film Festival; Eko International Film Festival; Bollywood International Film Festival; Kinosuite International; International Film Festival The Hague; Best Short Documentary: Montreal Independent Film Festival; Finalist: European Cinema Film Festival; Best International Documentary: Nepal Cultural International Film Festival.
- NoteDanielle Khan Da Silva is an award-winning South Asian-Portuguese scientist-turned storyteller and National Geographic Explorer who is generally interested in the intersections between habitat conservation, Indigenous knowledge, rematriation and collective liberation. She is currently working on longterm projects on: Indigenous science and the parallels between orcas and Coast Salish matriarchs; intuitive interspecies communication in French Polynesia; ocean guardians in Colombia; and Indigenous women in Indonesia who are protecting their natural heritage and critically endangered orangutan and tiger kin. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Photographers Without Borders, and holds an Hons. BSc. degrees in conservation biology, psychology and global studies from the University of Western Ontario, as well as an MSc. in Environment & Development from the London School of Economics. www.danikhandasilva.com
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- DirectorDanielle Khan Da Silva