This Laudato Si’ webinar draws on the collaborative research of Hannah Lima Farbiarz with the Sateré-Mawé people. This collaboration resulted in a documentary film that will be shown during the webinar…
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This Webinar took place on Friday, Apr 24 from 6 pm to 8 pm PDT
This Laudato Si’ webinar draws on the collaborative research of Hannah Lima Farbiarz with the Sateré-Mawé people.
This collaboration resulted in a documentary film that will be shown during the webinar.
The documentary Sateré-Mawé: Frontiers of Resistance emerges from a collaborative process grounded in the voices and lived experiences of the Sateré-Mawé people. Rather than speaking about them, the film creates space for self-representation, amplifying Indigenous perspectives that have historically been marginalized, silenced, or misrepresented.
Through testimonies and everyday narratives, the documentary reveals the complexities of their realities, struggles, and aspirations, framing resistance as a continuous practice of care, cultural preservation, and knowledge transmission. In doing so, it resonates with the ethical and ecological concerns articulated in Laudato Si’—particularly in its emphasis on interconnectedness and responsibility toward collective life—while remaining firmly rooted in Indigenous epistemologies.
The documentary bringing these voices to the forefront, the film contributes to broader dialogues on plurality, decoloniality, and the construction of more inclusive and equitable futures.
Hannah Lima Farbiarz is a biologist, holds a Master’s degree in Design and Society from PUC-Rio, and is currently a PhD student in the same field and university. She is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is a researcher working in collaboration with the Sateré-Mawé people in the Brazilian Amazon, working to build “colorful parachutes” of autonomy, proving that true innovation is born from the horizontal encounter between knowledge and the commitment that all civilizations have the right to remain alive.