A&E Accessibility and Environment Podcast

Lia Beltrami talks about her film 'Guardians of the Rainforest', a journey across rainforests in Amazon, Congo Basin, Borneo. A collective song of Indigenous women’s voices as they share their stories, of socio-ecological destruction, and their hopes for constructing something different.

Lia Beltrami received the Golden Lion for Peace 2017 in Venice. She is the director of 40 documentaries and is CEO of Aurora Vision.

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Alfie and Maud talk about their film Picturing Wonderland. They explore their working practices, their relationships with the rest of the crew, their understanding of disability, Maud's experience of degenerative blindness and how their practice and thinking relates to the environment.

Picturing Wonderland explores Maud’s fascinating relationship with the colours of the world around her as well as the use of the medium of analogue photography as a form of documentation and hobby.

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Kirsten Slemint talks about her film Burnt Country which won the Best Short Documentary at the first A&E Film Festival and is BAFTA nominated.

Could Australia’s past help secure its future? 65,000 years in the making, Burnt Country is about fighting fire, with fire.

Exploring the profound knowledge and wisdom of First Nations, this film is an invitation to connect to country and community.

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Jody Santos talks about her life, the Disability Justice Project and her documentary 'Rising Tides - Raising Voices' featuring disabled grassroots activists across the Pacific championing disability-inclusive climate action.

Rising Tides, Raising Voices is a call for intersectional, inclusive, community-led solutions to the encroaching global crisis.

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Peter Carr talks about the film Whale Wash - The Forgotten Whale which was premiered in the first A&E Accessibility and Environment Film Festival and was awarded a Special Mention by the Jury.

Whale wash tells the story of an ESPA maritime investigations team pursuing Norwegian whaling vessels at sea and revealing the whalers' unethical hunting methods.

Peter discusses the issues raised by the film and how to effectively campaign to protect endangered species. He also talks about the ESPA (Endangered Species Protection Agency) and how he works with ex-military and special forces recruits around the world.

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See Whale Wash - The Forgotten Whale at the Arnolfini Showcase on the 1 March 2025

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Petra Kuppers talks about her film Crip/Mad Archive Dances which received a special mention in the first A&E Accessibility and Environment Film Festival.

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See Crip/Mad Archive Dances at the ⁠Arnolfini Showcase ⁠on the 1 March 2025

Jeremiah Quinn talks about his film Oluwale which received a special mention in the first A&E Accessibility and Environment Film Festival.

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See Oluwale at the Arnolfini Showcase on the 1 March 2025