The remarkable Jamaican film Fly Me to the Moon examines the deep ecological and racialized geopolitical connections between the polluted landscapes left by bauxite mining in Jamaica (and other Caribbean countries) and the sleek icons of space travel and modernity. Esther Figueroa, director of the film, joins a panel of activists, artists, and scholars to discuss toxic mining and to envision viable and valuable lives and environments beyond extractivism.
With Fly me to the Moon director Esther Figueroa
and
Donna Ashamock (Indigenous Climate Action)
Ali Kazimi (York University)
Rachel Goffe (University of Toronto)
Rob Connell (University of California, Davis)
Andil Gosine (York University)
Tameka Samuels-Jones (York University)
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
7:00pm EST
Online Zoom event
Please register in advance here:
https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrd-iurDIqE9Bsao84woCRVLEorwUkHMDK
All registrants will be sent a link for screening the film in advance of the forum.
All are welcome!
We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors: Department of Sociology, Department of Anthropology, Department of Politics & the York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice.