“We stay here, to protect this place and the animals. And so we are patient.”

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IMAGE SOURCE: Screengrab from ”The Hadza: The Last of the First.” Bill Benenson, Director. Journeyman Pictures. 2014. | TEXT SOURCE: ”The Hadza: The Last of the First.” Bill Benenson, Director. Journeyman Pictures. 2014.

IMAGE SOURCE: Screengrab from ”The Hadza: The Last of the First.” Bill Benenson, Director. Journeyman Pictures. 2014. | TEXT SOURCE: ”The Hadza: The Last of the First.” Bill Benenson, Director. Journeyman Pictures. 2014.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “We watch the animals and their movements in the area. If we leave this place, others will come in and cultivate.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What is your reason for staying?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “The Hadza are the only people now living in Africa, who, just a few hundred of them, are actually practicing a hunting-and-gathering way of life, full time, relying on no agricultural resources at all.”

IMAGE QUESTION: What are your colors?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and image are from a documentary film made as a a call to action to guarantee a land corridor for the survival of the Hadza.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: Who makes media as a call to action to support the survival of your People?

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