Learn about the communication gaps technology has yet to bridge in Sentinels, a story of a Colombian court judgement intended to protect the Amazon rainforest that resulted in severe consequences for the subsistence farmers cohabiting there.

Join us on Thursday 8 June at Somerset House for a screening of Sentinels and panel discussion with climate law experts.

The film will be introduced by Mark Knightley, Actor and Theatre Maker, Crowded Room, and the panel will be Chaired by Emily Barritt, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law and Co-Director of Transnational Law Institute, King’s College London. Click here to book tickets.

Credits & Supporters

Starring Lucía Michiels
Directed and screenplay by Mark Knightley
Produced and conceived by Dr Emily Barritt
Cinematography by Jamie Partridge
Original music by Jonathan Charles
CGI by Kieran West
Dramaturgy by Harriet Madeley
Translation by Dr Tessa Roberts
Interviewees: Laura Jiménez Ospina, Gabriela Eslava, Valentina Rozo Ángel, Ariadna Haydar Chams, Yurshell Yanishey Rodríguez Hooker, Aderly Rolando Chamorro Rubio
Thank you John Clemence, Andrew and Ann Martin and James Maclaren.
Produced by Crowded Room and King's College London
Funded by Transnational Law Institute, King's College London and Arts Council England
The Dickson Poon School of Law

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