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WHO SPEAKS FOR NATURE?

A film by Larry Engel

Produced by Todd Eisenstadt

Co-produced by Karleen West

Written and translated by Daniela Stevens

Sound design and mix by Rebeca Lindenfeld

Music by Paul Oehlers

Sound consulting by Ana Cetina

Marimba by Nobue Matsuoka

Sound engineering by Wyatt Eddy

Spanish translation by Natalia Eisenstadt

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Seeking to understand attitudes of Ecuador's citizens toward the environment, political scientists Todd Eisenstadt and Karleen West, pursued a three-year journey to find out how and why attitudes vary so greatly, especially among the people of the Amazon.  Featuring interviews with some of the world’s most authentic indigenous environmental rights movement leaders, the film offers hope – and caution – to environmentalists everywhere. Through conversations with leaders of three indigenous peoples the scholarship and film warn that environmental movements should be undertaken before environmental degradation, rather than after it, when concern for the environment erodes. People grow concerned instead with the consequences of environmental failure such as public health issues, economic development, and migration.