Marc Silver

Breathe

This animated short film taps into the deep pain of the pandemic, experienced by millions of people all over the world. With no going back to the way it was before, it invites its audience to dream up new stories to help guide our way forward as a species. Tackling COVID-19 has shown us that we can act collectively to protect each other and it is possible to create a better future. It has shown us that we are capable of the kind of action needed to flatten the other curves but to do so requires bold vision and investing in an equitable future. We are determined not to give in to fear or to lose hope. Even in times of uncertainty, Amnesty will continue to call out human rights violations wherever we see them.

The Return

It’s spring in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Uyantza festival is underway with the community celebrating all that the forest has to offer. Meanwhile, news is breaking around the world that a novel virus is spreading and a state of emergency is declared across the country. As people test positive for COVID-19 in the community, some families decide to leave and head deeper into the jungle. Disconnected from school, friends, the internet, and work, one family learns to reconnect with life in the forest. The children begin to unlearn the national curriculum, and instead are taught Indigenous knowledge that mainstream schools normally pass over. As COVID-19 wreaks havoc around the planet, the family reconnect to their ancestral ways, but as news arrives that Ecuador’s lockdown will end soon, will the family choose to return?

Who Is Dayani Cristal?

An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.