Near the River
Directed by Ada Vilageliu Díaz
A documentary about the role of women eco-leaders, their communities, and the environmental heritage of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.
Near the Riverdocuments the cultural and environmental heritage of the Anacostia River and its impact on East of the River residents. This documentary focuses on the stories of women eco-leaders and community members about their relationships to the river after years of pollution and environmental neglect. Near the River features women eco-leaders who have redefined environmentalism, community activism, and our relationship with Mother Earth in the District. This film is based on the DC-WE project by Ecohermanas sponsored through a DC Community Heritage Project Grant by Humanities Council of Washington, DC.
Special Screenings
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
2016
Acknowledgments
National Park Service
DC Historic Preservation Office
Piscataway Nation
Three Part Harmony Farm
Community Farming Alliance
Earth Conservation Corps
Social Justice Artist Caryl Henry Alexander
The First Gathering of The National Congress of the Black American Indians and “All Our Relations”
Historian Dr. Gail Sylvia Lowe from the Anacostia Community Museum
Afro Outdoors
Anacostia Watershed Society
Cast & Crew
NEAR THE RIVER
Directed by
Ada Vilageliu-Díaz
Produced by
Ángela Adrar
Ada Vilageliu-Díaz
Edited by
Josep Vilageliu
Sound
Tommy Duren
Interview Team
Rabiah Al Nur
Angela Adrar
Kari Fulton
Assistant Production
Ayisah Yusuf
Laly Díaz
Based on the Project DC Women Eco-Leaders, DC-WE
Nosotras Somos DC
With
Brenda Lee Richardson, MSW
President of Chozen Consulting, LLC
Rabiah Al Nur
Director/Founder of Spring Of Light
Natalie Proctor
Piscataway, Museum Director
Cryztal Proctor
Piscataway, Graphic Artist Conoy Creations
Chardé Reid
Assistant City Archeologist, DC Historic Preservation Office
Mia L Carey
Zoologist, DC Historic Preservation Office
Akima Price
Urban EE and Community Action Strategist
Brenda Richardson
Ecofeminist MSW, President of Chozen Consulting, LLC
Karen McCoy
Anacostia resident
Yvonne McCoy
Anacostia resident
Alyce McLendon Chenault Gullattee
Psychiatrist
Reverend Marjani Dele
Minister and Permaculturist
Bokor Iya Mari Brown
Priest, Temple of Nyame
Gail Taylor
Farmer and Founder of Three Part Harmony Farm
Iantha Gantt-Wright
Founder of the Kenian Group
Raynard Smith
Earth Conservation Corps
LaShauntya Moore
Earth Conservation Corps
And the kids
Kingston Saul Cowan
Angelica Evie Cowan
Gathering of the National Congress of Black American Indians
Jay Winter Nightwolf
Originator & Host of “The American Indians’ Truths”
Jai Gola Waya Sunoyi
Cherokee, Shoshone, Taino – NCBAI Founder & Director
Nana Kwabena Brown
Priest – Temple of Nyame
Chief Margarito Asqueno
Maya Lenca, Nahuatl of Mexico, Central & South America
Cacike Roberto Mukaro Borrero
United Confederation of Taino People
Mother Romi Encinas
The Yaqui Nation
Rabiah Al Nur
Cheyenne/Blackfoot/Powhatan/Cherokee Grandmother, healer
Iya Motilewa Osunnui
Director of the Domestic & International Program
Iya Mari
High Priestess of Temple of Nyame
Bo Manbo Abena Disroe
High Priestess of Vodoun, NCBAI Council
Dr. Daryl Thorne
Pamunkey, Mattaponi, Cherokee
Constance Morigneau
Salish Kootenai Nation of Montana
Maimouna Youssef
African/Choctaw/Cherokee, Vocalist, Songwriter, Emcee & Poet
Rev. Graylan Hagler
Pastor Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ
Tony Regusters
Seminole, Former Interim General Manager of WPFW
Dr. L. Akilah Karima Mc Daniel
NCBAI Board of Directors
Baba Yumi Steve Hooks
Cherokee, Blackfeet & Creek, Native flute
Penny Gamble-Williams
Chappaquiddick Wampanoag, Activist, Scholar, Musician, Radio host, Artist
Mwalim M.J. Peters, Wampanoag
(google Groovalottos)
Dr. V. Abena Nia Shell
Cherokee
Katherine Cromwell
Cherokee
Lynetta Barrow
Mohawk
Professor Verona Iriarte
Cherokee, Taino