NY Screening of The Black Line Journey
Peoples of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) in Colombia
By: Rick Harlow - Apr 25, 2011
The Black Line Journey
A film by Rick Harlow & Jan Willem Meurkens
Sunday, May 1, 2011, 3-5 pm
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (corner of 2nd St & 2nd Ave) New York, NY
The Elders Project invites you to attend the screening of the documentary, “The Black Line Journey.” In the film, the viewer is introduced to the Mamos, (Sages) of the Kogui, Arhuaco and Wiwa Indigenous peoples, who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM) in Colombia, which they call the “The Heart of the World.”
The journey depicted in the film follows 94-yr-old, Mamo Sewkukuy, known as the Spiritual Geographer of the SNSM. Twelve other Mamos join him as they visit sacred sights along the Black line, a spiritual boundary around the base of the SNSM that demarcates their ancestral territory. The Mamos have been making these offerings for millennia to balance nature and care for “The Heart of the World” in compliance with their “Law of Origin.” Today, their ancient culture and traditional homelands are under threat.
After screening the film, (28 minutes) there will be a discussion with Rick Harlow and Barbara Threecrow about the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.
Rick Harlow is a painter who has spent the past 25 years traveling to Colombia to work with native peoples. For the past 3 years he has been working with the Kogui and Arhuaco peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Visit his website at: http://www.rickharlowstudio.com/
Barbara Threecrow is of Nanticoke Heritage - an educator of "Earth Ways" and a ceremonial leader in the Lakota tradition. She has traveled to Easter Island and South America to educate and lead ceremony and has worked extensively with the Medicine Women's Circles throughout the United States. Barbara and Rick Harlow, upon request from the traditional Mamos formed "The Elders Project" to provide support to the traditional elders of the SNSM to continue
Visit her web sight: www.barbarathreecrow.com
Donate to “The Elders Project” at: http://www.earthaction.org/the-elders-project.htm