Booking: No booking required, this event is free and open to the public
Indigenous communities in West Papua are speaking out to protect the tropical forest. Over 2.5 million hectares of forest are being clearcut for industrial biofuel plantations. Oil palm plantations and sugar cane fields are encroaching on ancestral lands and old-growth rainforest. Combining vivid on-the-ground footage with investigative research, the film traces how grassroots social movements are confronting politicians, investors, military actors, and church institutions. The title Pig Feast, comes from a tradition of the Muyu people in West Papua known as Awon Atatbon, a customary ritual involving pigs as important social and cultural symbols tied to the protection of the natural environment.
Film run-time: 99 minutes, panel discussion plus Q&A 1 hour.
