Still River, Silent Jungle: a short film about one woman's fight to save her river in the Bolivian Amazon

Ruth Alipaz Cuqui is an Uchupiamona indigenous leader fighting to save her river and her people in the Bolivian Amazon. This ten-minute short film shares the story of the fight against the Chepete-Bala mega hydroelectric dam proposals. The dams threaten to flood over fifty indigenous communities and 800 km2 of protected Amazon rainforest. Ruth's actions and words make clear both the urgency to save this sacred region, as well as the mode of alternative development that local indigenous communities wish to pursue. Following the screening of this film, the audience and director (Hayley Stuart) will engage in a Q & A discussion about the film and the current situation in Bolivia.