

Ofrenda Fest Foundation promotes mindful education by connecting through art and human expressions. It focuses on honoring our planet through rituals and ceremonies.
" We are Guardians" Film Screening
Sat, Sep 16
|Queens Council on the Arts /Ofrenda Fest
Join us for a private screening and Q&A with activist Puyr Tembé and directors Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman.


Time & Location
Sep 16, 2023, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Queens Council on the Arts /Ofrenda Fest, 5-11 47th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
Guests
About the event
is a rich, intimate journey meeting the many people who are living an intricate daily balance in the Amazon basin, one of the world’s most disrupted and threatened regions. We follow Indigenous leader and activist Puyr Tembé and forest guardian Marçal Guajajara as they fight to protect their territories from deforestation, as well as an illegal logger who has no choice but to cut the forest down to feed his family, and a large landowner at the mercy of thousands of invaders and extractive industry. Through intimate, character focused storytelling, the film reveals the many intertwined social and economic issues driving this complicated landscape.We Are Guardians
But takes us further, beyond the beautiful rainforest of the Amazon basin, to understand how it is inextricably connected to the entire planet. We explore the science of this incredible world treasure and its critical role in stabilizing our global climate. We see th…