Logline

RIVERS is an interdisciplinary research project on the relationship between humans and nature and the role of law, culminating in two powerful cinematographic short-form documentaries set in Nepal and Colombia which ask: Can we rethink how we perceive and integrate more-than-human voices into legal and political decision-making?

Synopsis

Our two 22-minute documentaries—twins, as we like to call them, with distinct lives—set in Nepal and Colombia – examine the clash between Indigenous knowledge systems and dominant legal frameworks that often fail to recognize the agency of invisible guardians of the land. Through intimate storytelling and immersive cinematography, they reveal not just a struggle, but a possibility.

This Twin documentary is produced by an interdisciplinary team of academics and artists – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – that brings a bold, ethical, and interdisciplinary approach to storytelling and impact—bridging film, research, and advocacy.