Published February 23, 2013
by iris_author
An interview with the producer
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CERLAC, Casa Canadiense, LACS and IDS present A documentary film screen and discussion
My Village, My Lobster
Commercial diving and the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua
With commentary by
Miguel Gonzalez, York University
Maria Wong, Casa Canadiense
February 28, 2013
2:30 – 4:30 pm
519 YRT (York Research Tower)
York University
Along Nicaragua’s Miskito Coast, commercial lobster diving is the largest industry, employing over 5,000 Nicaraguans, mostly indigenous Miskito Indians who have few educational opportunities and almost no alternative sources of employment.
Filmed over four years, the film connects the lives of individuals and communities involved in the complex and incredibly perilous lobster fishing industry. It’s the powerful and harrowing story of the indigenous divers who risk their lives for the most lucrative resource of Nicaragua’s Miskito coast, the Caribbean spiny lobster.
This action-driven feature documentary is set against the backdrop of the visually stunning Caribbean in one of the most remote places in the Americas: La Mosquitia, the largest tract of rainforest north of the Amazon. Included is footage aboard a commercial lobster diving vessel and from the remote Miskito Keys – the fabled turtle hunting grounds of the Miskito Indians.
More info: cerlac@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/events12-13.htm#lobster
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