TIGRE GENTE + THEY CARRY US WITH THEM: GABRIEL FREY

1717 Leonard Street,Dallas TX 75201

12 May, 2022

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Thursday, May 12, 4:30pm: TIGRE GENTE Hall Arts Short Films: THEY CARRY US WITH THEM: GABRIEL FREY Feature Film: TIGRE GENTE (dir. Elizabeth Unger) Thursday, May 12: HALL ARTS 4:30PM Short Films: THEY CARRY US WITH THEM: GABRIEL FREY Doors at 4:00pm | Films at 4:30pm A Bolivian park ranger and a young Hong Kongese journalist go undercover to investigate a new, deadly jaguar trade sweeping across South America. Along the way, they grapple with questions of empathy, responsibility and bridging a cultural gap to prevent the jaguar trade from spiraling out of control. Shuttling between the breathtaking biodiversity of Madidi National Park in Bolivia and the tense China-Myanmar border, Tigre Gente juxtaposes the splendor of the jungle against the small-minded nature of Man. Runtime: 93mins Year: 2021 Screening Times: Thurs, May 12 - 4:30pm at Hall Arts Meet the Directors: Elizabeth Unger is a National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker. After acquiring a B.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Unger worked as a PhD research assistant for big cat and primate projects in Latin America. Her photojournalism and videography work has been showcased on National Geographic Magazine digital and NG Travel. Unger was selected as one of five North American Regional Finalists for the prestigious UN Young Champion of the Earth Prize and is a 2019 Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee for her feature debut, Tigre Gente. Short Film: THEY CARRY US WITH THEM: GABRIEL FREY (dir. Alejandra Vasquez) Runtime: 6min Year: 2021 This film, part of the feature multimedia story They Carry us with Them: The Great Tree Migration, profiles Gabriel Frey, a thirteenth-generation Passamaquoddy black ash basketmaker. A cultural knowledge keeper, Gabriel wonders what is at stake for his daughters’ generation in the face of predictions that the emerald ash borer will decimate ash trees in North America. Meet the Director: Jeremy Seifert is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His feature films include The Devil We Know, GMO OMG and DIVE! Living Off America’s Waste. Seifert’s films for Emergence Magazine include The Church Forests of Ethiopia and On the Road with Thomas Merton. www.earthxfilmfestival.org