Helena of Sarayaku

March. 18,2022

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Documentary

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Indigenous Community Environmental Activist

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Helena is 17 years old and studies in Finland. Her father, a Swede, and her mother, indigenous Kichwa of Sarayaku, live at the heart of the Amazon in Ecuador.

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