Center for the Study of Social Difference working group, Environmental Justice, Belief Systems, and Aesthetic Experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized a film screening of Antonio and Piti as a part of Columbia’s Year of Water initiative. Panelist Esther Hamburger described the film as being about “the prejudices this [mixed] couple had to face when they decided to marry, but it’s also about the success of their family… They turned what could be thought of as a problem into something powerful.” Antonio and Piti is co-directed by Brazilian-French filmmaker Vincent Carelli and indigenous filmmaker Wewito Piyãko.

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