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202314 minTV-PGdoc-short

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Sun and Thunder

202314 minTV-PGdoc-short

An indigenous activist empowers youth to combat armed groups by fostering sustainable alternatives to illegal marijuana farming!

indigenous-histories Civil Rights Social Inequality drug-trafficking sustainability

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Sun and Thunder

2023• 14 minTV-PG

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An indigenous activist empowers youth to combat armed groups by fostering sustainable alternatives to illegal marijuana farming!

Synopsis

Nora Taquinas, an indigenous Nasa activist, works with youth to create economic substitutes to illicit marijuana farming as part of an effort to weaken the power of armed groups.

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