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We are the River

Documentary, 2021, N/A. min.

A Maori community leader makes a five-day canoe trip down New Zealand's Whanganui River with an Aboriginal elder and an Australian artist. The river was given personhood rights after 150 years of legal battle by the Maori, for recognition of their worldview. Can Indigenous knowledge save our planet?

An Aboriginal Elder and an Australian artist join a Maori leader for a five-day canoe trip down the Whanganui River in New Zealand that is legally recognized as a living being. Seen through their eyes, the film shows how we can be at one with nature.

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