Harvest Festival Marrakech Film Screening and Roundtable Ait Atta:Nomads of the High Atlas

A special screening was organised by Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) and the Moroccan Biodiversity and Livelihood Association (MBLA) at the Institute François of Marrakech on 24th of October, as part of the first Harvest Festival curated by Louisa Aaraas (GDF) and Gary Martin (founder of GDF) in collaboration with numerous community members and partners.
Right after the film screening of Ait Atta: Nomads of the High Atlas (Directed by Inanc Tekgüc & Eda Elif Tibet) a roundtable took place with the Association Nomades Saghro pour le développement delegates Mohamed Rachyd accompanying Icho Ben Youssef (main protagonist of the film) alongside to Dr.Eda Elif Tibet (filmmaker and visual anthropology lead at GDF), Dr.Soufiane M’Sou (MBLA) , moderated by Dr. Abdellah Agrahz (MBLA) and Nessie Reid (Co-Director GDF).
From human rights to climate change, education and the future of next generations to the importance of native language in maintaining culture , to collaborative and participatory filmmaking, together we asked; how do we enact societal change and what further could we do in building bridges as we spoke through the power of transformative storytelling, arts , science and cinema.