“The Mother is the owner of everything - all the rivers, all the mountains. Without women, daughters, who would guard all of this?”
Sisa Pinto (see-sah pin-tow)
Kogi elder
IMAGE SOURCE: Frame grab. Documentary film, “Aluna,” Produced by the Kogi w/ Alan Ereira. 2011 | QUOTE SOURCE: Documentary film, “Aluna,” Produced by the Kogi w/ Alan Ereira. 2011.
QUOTE CONTEXT: Sisa Pinto speaking in the women’s hut: “When a baby is born, the Mother is rejuvenated. A daughter is like the Mother. She is the guardian of the Mother.”
QUOTE QUESTION: How do women guard ”all of this” among your people?
IMAGE CONTEXT: A young mother and child listen to the elder women speak in the women’s hut.
IMAGE QUESTION: Who are the elders you listen to with undivided attention?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and frame grab are from a documentary film made by the Kogi in collaboration with non-Kogi allies.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What are the advantages and disadvantages with working with others to tell your stories to the world?
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