Indigenous Peoples Week Film Festival: Embrace of the Serpent

Wed, Oct 13 2021
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Virtual

film Indigenous Peoples Day Virtual Programming

Adventure/Biographical Drama, dir. by Ciro Guerra
South American, 2015, 123 mins
Subtitled; No Rating [UK 12A]

Film Synopsis:  In this powerful historical drama, a shaman who's the sole survivor of his tribe takes two explorers on different quests, 40 years apart, in search of a sacred healing plant in the Colombian Amazon.

Join Services for Older Adults and Brooklyn Public Library's Land Acknowledgement Committee at 7pm for an Indigenous Peoples Week pre-discussion on Zoom.  The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants at 4pm the day of the film. [Registration required]  


During the 7pm pre-discussion Zoom, the registered audience members will receive a streaming link and additional instructions in order to view the film, which will begin promptly at 7:30pm

 

Services for Older Adults is partially funded by Coordinated Outreach Library Services aid from the New York State Education Department, administered by the State Library’s Division of Library Development. All programs are sponsored by Brooklyn Public Library’s Department of Outreach Services.

Add to My Calendar 10/13/2021 03:00 pm 10/13/2021 05:30 pm America/New_York Indigenous Peoples Week Film Festival: Embrace of the Serpent <p><strong>Adventure/Biographical Drama, dir. by Ciro Guerra<br /> South American, 2015, 123 mins<br /> Subtitled; No Rating [UK 12A]</strong></p> <p><strong><em>Film Synopsis:&nbsp; In this powerful historical drama, a shaman who's the sole survivor of his tribe takes two explorers on different quests, 40 years apart, in search of a sacred healing plant in the Colombian Amazon.</em></strong></p> <p>Join Services for Older Adults and Brooklyn Public Library's Land Acknowledgement Committee at 7pm for an Indigenous Peoples Week&nbsp;pre-discussion on Zoom.&nbsp; The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants at 4pm the day of the film. [Registration required] &nbsp;</p> <p><br /> During the 7pm pre-discussion Zoom, the registered audience members will receive a streaming link and additional instructions in order to view the film, which will begin promptly at 7:30pm</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Virtual MM/DD/YYYY 60