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Date and Location
Claire McCarthy
Join us for this in-person film screening of "The Territory," followed by remarks from and a student-moderated Q&A with Field Producer, Paula Moura. Regionally significant refreshments from a local restaurant will be served.
Event time details: Film Screening: 5 pm - 6:30 pm; break & refreshments: 6:30 pm – 6:45 pm; moderated Q&A: 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm ET.
Location: Smith Campus Center Commons at Harvard University - 1350 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.
This event is part of the Center for International Development (CID)'s "Road to GEM23" series which precedes and helps launch our Global Empowerment Meeting, GEM23: Growing in a Green World on May 10 & 11. On our Road to GEM23, we strive to elevate and learn from voices from the countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis and will feature important learnings from the leaders who will be active participants at GEM23.
This is an in-person event only and is open to the public. Register Here to Attend.
About the film: “The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film takes audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wau-wau community and provides unprecedented access to the farmers and settlers illegally burning and clearing the protected Indigenous land. Partially shot by the Uru-eu-wau-wau people, the film relies on vérité footage captured over three years as the community risks their lives to set up their own news media team in the hopes of exposing the truth." Read more and watch the trailer here.
About Paula Moura: Paula Moura is a reporter on WBUR's climate and environment team. She was previously a Tow Fellow at Frontline, where she worked on digital stories and as a reporter for the documentary “Police on Trial," about the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. Moura has reported extensively in the Brazilian Amazon for outlets including The New York Times, ProPublica and Foreign Policy. She was a field producer for the National Geographic documentary “The Territory," winner of two awards at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. She served as a producer for The Times's investigative video The Amazon is Still Burning. Blame Beef, which received an Award of Excellence from Pictures of the Year International, and as a field producer for the video Abortion in the Time of Zika, which received a First Place Award from Pictures of the Year International.
She has covered her native Brazil and the Latin American diaspora for The Washington Post, NPR, WNYC, Latino USA and Radio France International. She was a reporter in Japan and her work has appeared in major Brazilian outlets, including Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo and Revista Piauí. She holds a master's degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of São Paulo. She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
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“The Territory," a film by Darren Aronofsky and Alex Pritz • Documentary, 83 minutes, National Geographic, 2022
Speakers and Presenters
Paula Moura, Climate & Environment reporter at WBUR; Field Producer for 'The Territory' film