2021 DAN ELDON ACTIVIST AWARD FINALISTS

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Activist Finalist Films

The Story We Want - Episode 1 - Coal and Climate

Dayna Reggero

Dayna Reggero traveled across America to listen to ordinary women who are confronting fossil fuel industries, climate change impacts, and a culture of extraction.

Águilas/Eagles [Trailer]

Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre

"Along the scorching southern desert border in Arizona, it is estimated that only one out of every five missing migrants are ever found...

A Way Forward

Isaac Seigel-Boettner

A Way Forward tells the story of how something as simple as two wheels empowered these incredible young women to pursue their own dreams.

Matagi Mālohi: Strong Winds

Forest Woodward, Canyon Woodward, Aidan Haley

We need to be the strong winds, that Matagi Mālohi, that bring the change our people need to see.

Sparrow Society

Freddie Reed

Sparrow Society teach women around Cape Town to be their own boss, sewing bags and other items for major brands.

Rigoberta Menchú: Daughter of the Maya

Dawn Engle

The story of an unlikely hero, a poor indigenous Maya girl living in a remote section of Guatemala, who survived a genocide and became a voice for her people worldwide.

Rainforest Action

Will Parrinello

In 2020 Nemonte received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to Time Magazine’s Top 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Youth Activist Finalists

5400 Children

Morgen Arguelles

A strong statement about child separation at the U.S. / Mexico border and its impact on knowledgeable youth that are watching its government's policies in action.