Seamus is a documentary filmmaker and digital artist, studying film production at Bard College. His previous films include “Broken Media” and “debunked.” — both inspections of the state of the news media. His more recent works center on the ties between the individual, the family, and the society. Seamus believes in film as a tool for both advocacy and expression, and he hopes to share his passion and knowledge with other aspiring filmmakers.

“Bring Them Home: The Fight For Clemency” is the story of a wrongly imprisoned man, his devoted family, and a team of students and advocates who fight for his freedom. Greg Mingo has served over forty years in New York State prison for crimes he did not commit. As a senior citizen confined during a pandemic, Clemency may be Greg’s last hope. It is time to correct the injustice of his sentence.

I’m Clement Cupido from South Africa. I work as a rangeland ecologist and researcher for the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). I have a keen interest in pastoralism, especially herding as an ancient skill that is overlooked and often snubbed upon by modern society. I also have an interest in the impacts of climate change on pastoralists and their adaptation strategies towards the shifts in climatic conditions.

The film illustrates the hardship of the Namaqualand pastoralists in the face of climate change. It is based on our ARC research work in the area where many pastoralists believe that climate change is God’s punishment, while others, like Oom Sors Cloete, calls the world to stop polluting our atmosphere to stop climatic change so pastoralists can also survive. The campaign will be in support of the UN bid to declare 2022 as International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralism.

I’m Clement Cupido from South Africa. I work as a rangeland ecologist and researcher for the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). I have a keen interest in pastoralism, especially herding as an ancient skill that is overlooked and often snubbed upon by modern society. I also have an interest in the impacts of climate change on pastoralists and their adaptation strategies towards the shifts in climatic conditions.

The film illustrates the hardship of the Namaqualand pastoralists in the face of climate change. It is based on our ARC research work in the area where many pastoralists believe that climate change is God’s punishment, while others, like Oom Sors Cloete, calls the world to stop polluting our atmosphere to stop climatic change so pastoralists can also survive. The campaign will be in support of the UN bid to declare 2022 as International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralism.

Amrita DasGupta, is a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Gender Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She researches on transnational migration, borders, sex work, climate crisis, and gender in the lower deltaic Bengal.

Sundarbans is the world’s only mangrove tiger land. It is the first line of defence against cyclonic storms in India’s eastern coast.The rapid loss of the mangroves and the mangrove ecosystem to escalating water levels, deforestation, and penetration of the forests by the islanders (even by those who have survived a tiger attack or family members of those who have lost their breadwinners to tiger attacks in the forest) who enter the forest to secure a living; can very soon lead to the submersion of the State of West Bengal. To avoid such a fate, the islanders should be provided with alternate sources of income and if possible should be provided rehabilitation else where. The short documentary is born out of Amrita’s research in the area for five years now and is aimed at creating awareness about the lived realities of the islanders of Sundarbans,India. She can be reached on Twitter for further information: @AmritaDasGupta9