The Prelude: a curated film experience for Earth Day
Join us April 17 & 18 for a celebration of Indigenous Wisdom to Face Modern Challenges
Join us for a day of powerful short films, Q&A sessions with directors and actors, cultural presentations, panels, and a red carpet celebration honoring the storytellers bringing voices forward. Come together to reflect on our relationship with Mother Earth, with one another, and with the wisdom Indigenous communities have carried for generations.
MC: Merrick McCartha
9am: Doors open
10am-11am: First Film Block
11-11:30am: Q&A
11:30 am: Performance by: Kalama Polynesian Dancers
12-1:15pm: Second Film Block
1:15-2:15pm: Panel discussion
2:30-3:30pm: Third Film Block
3:30-4:30pm: Cultural Presentation
4:30-5pm Closing remarks by Alicia Fall
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you cannot attend, you can still take part by sponsoring a community ticket for someone who otherwise would not be able to attend.
A little more about Her Many Voices' and the Prelude
This is not a traditional film festival. It is an intentional cinematic gathering designed to center ethical storytelling, lived experience, and solutions rooted in balance with the Earth.
Since Her Many Voices hosted its first annual Earth Day Celebration of Indigenous Wisdom to Face Modern Challenges in 2021, they have platformed more than 100 Indigenous leaders, artists, and wisdom-keepers from five continents.
What began as a global Artivism platform including live talks, visual art, ceremony, and storytelling has become a trusted space for dialogue, learning, and collective reflection.
In 2026, Her Many Voices is evolving this legacy into a curated Earth Day film experience. This gathering invites audiences to engage with powerful cinematic storytelling that honors Indigenous knowledge systems, land-based wisdom, and regenerative pathways forward through films that move beyond awareness and into relationship, reciprocity, and hope.