BENEFIT SCREENING

As part of out traditional tattoo exhibition we are very happy to be hosting a screening of 'As Worlds Divide', a feature documentary film produced as part of a campaign to prevent the loss of Indigenous Mentawai Culture.

Synopsis: After the collapse of the global economy in 2008, Rob Henry decides to leave his job in Melbourne and go in search of a more sustainable way of life. Arriving to the tropical Islands of Mentawai, Indonesia, he finds himself living in a small coconut farming settlement.

Filmed over the course of eight years, As Worlds Divide takes us on an intimate journey inside the lives of an indigenous people who are losing connection with their land and culture. The impacts are devastating, but for the Mentawai there is hope amidst a small community of tribes-people still living traditionally and abundantly in the forest.

For Mentawai geographical and historical information see sukumentawai.org/en/history

This film and the #wafsac campaign aims to raise million to fund the 10 year implementation of Suku Mentawai's Cultural & Environmental Education Program (CEEP).

Cost: €10 donation - All proceeds from this screening will go directly to the Suku Mentawai education program via the Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF).

Register to book your place via info@manifacto.amsterdam or call 020 2333527

Check out the trailer here:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/49676320