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Jean Paul, first of all, talk to us about the Kogi people and their way of life.
Documentary explores Colombia's Kogi tribe, their earth-centered lifestyle, and urgent environmental messages for global action.
Key Takeaways
- Indigenous knowledge offers critical insights into sustainable living and environmental care.
- Global resource consumption is unsustainable, currently exceeding the planet's capacity.
- Hope and collective action are essential to address environmental challenges.
- The Kogi tribe's message is a catalyst for worldwide dialogue on ecological responsibility.
- Public engagement and awareness can drive meaningful change.
Summary
- The Kogi are an indigenous tribe from Colombia living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the highest coastal mountain range in the world.
- They have preserved a way of life deeply connected to the earth and sustainable living for centuries.
- The documentary highlights the Kogi's profound understanding of environmental stewardship and the urgency of their message.
- The film questions why the global community has delayed listening to indigenous wisdom despite environmental crises.
- The Kogi leaders reviewed the film and insisted it end with hope rather than despair.
- The tribe continues to care for their land and community, emphasizing ongoing responsibility.
- The documentary aims to catalyze a global conversation about sustainability and collective action.
- Screenings worldwide have sold out quickly, showing strong public interest in the Kogi's message.
- The film will be released on iTunes on October 1st with a social media campaign and endorsements from global figures.
- Viewers are encouraged to watch, discuss, and act on the environmental lessons shared by the Kogi.
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Well, the Kogi people are an indigenous tribe from Colombia who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
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Which is on the northeast coast of Colombia in a mountain range.
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That's the highest coastal mountain range in the world, they've preserved their way of life, which is very deeply connected to the earth.
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And their original ways of living in connection to the earth and surviving and supporting themselves for centuries.
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What touched you most in this documentary or is there a light bulb moment for viewers?
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There's many things in the film that that touched me very deeply.
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And in in particular, it's how how is there an indigenous tribe, you know, a lost civilization.
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Who have this profoundly deep understanding and connection to the earth.
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How is it that we have to wait to hear their message?
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Before we can start to consider what should actually be fundamental common sense, you know?
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We're using up the resources for three and a half planets right now.
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Well, that's a very serious issue.
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And how come we're not rallying around together as an international community?
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To look at that seriously.
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Do you think we'll see the Kogi again? Will they come out again with a message?
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Five, 10 years from now.
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And and how did they end the documentary?
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Whether they'll come forward in future times.
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They've said they won't.
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However, when I've been with them recently, they've also said that this needs to be an ongoing work.
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The Kogi's take care of their lands.
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They take care of their communities.
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That's not something that stops overnight.
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You know, they're going to continue doing that.
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Whether they'll whether they'll speak out in the future.
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I'm hopeful that they will.
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Because in my experience of interacting with them and being with them.
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The level of care and understanding which they offer us.
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Is deeply important in in my personal experience.
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How they ended the movie was was amazing.
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I mean, they.
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We finished the film.
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It went into post-production.
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We completed the picture, there was picture lock, it was all done.
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We thought, great, let's take it back.
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And show the Kogi.
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So Alan Herrera went back.
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He showed it to the Kogi.
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The Kogi leaders and they said.
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Yes, well done.
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We've got a film.
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You've got the message.
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This is what we want to say.
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But there's one thing that's missing.
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You're ending the film with a with despair.
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We can't end with despair.
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All is not lost.
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We're in trouble.
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There's many things that need to happen.
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But there is hope for the future.
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You speak so passionately about this documentary.
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Do you feel that it will have the same impact with others?
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And how could people see it?
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I hope it has the same impact.
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It needs to have the same impact.
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We live in such a fragmented culture, you know.
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As soon as we get up in the morning or when we go to bed, there's a thousand and one things in our head.
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That we think we've got that we're organizing.
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That we need to do.
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We need to be able to hear and respond to this message and really come together.
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To look at this, you know, in in how I see it is that the Kogi's message.
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Is intended to be a catalyst for the global conversation that we are all a part of.
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We've been showing the film all around the world.
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In every single instance, the shows have been selling out in.
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Like an hour or two.
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People are hungry, people are engaged, people want to know what the Kogi have to say.
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They feel that they're important.
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Now.
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In terms of.
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Where it goes from there.
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That's up to us.
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The film is going to be released on the 1st of October.
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Worldwide on iTunes.
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We're going to have a promotional campaign that launches on social media before then.
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And so people can connect with that.
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We're recording messages from key global personalities.
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Who are connected to this message in their own ways.
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And we're asking people to see the movie when it comes out.
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To talk to their friends about it.
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And to engage about the possibility of how this needs to influence our actions in the future.
Topics:Kogi tribeColombiaindigenous peopleSierra Nevada de Santa Martaenvironmental sustainabilitydocumentaryearth connectionclimate changeindigenous wisdomglobal action
