SANKOFA FILM SERIES
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PART 1
LAND. SEED. ROOT. CULTURE. COMMUNTY
themes
PART 2
in Production
History & Harms
PART 3
Coming 2027
Community & Healing
PART 4
Coming 2027
Imagine Tomorrow
Storytellers
Janina E. Fariñas
Ph.D., Psy., LPC
Haruko Watanabe
MA, LMHC, IMH-E®
Marva L. Lewis
Ph.D., IMH-E®
Hisako Watanabe
M.D., Ph.D.
Germán Walteros
LMFT
PART 1
LAND. SEED. ROOT. CULTURE. COMMUNTY
themes
PART 2
in Production
History & Harms
PART 3
Coming 2027
Community & Healing
PART 4
Coming 2027
Imagine Tomorrow
Storytellers
Janina E. Fariñas
Ph.D., Psy., LPC
CEO & Founder, La Cocina
Haruko Watanabe
MA, LMHC, IMH-E®
Clinical Director, Cooper House & Washington State Trainer in Child-Parent Psychotherapy
Marva L. Lewis
Ph.D., IMH-E®
Infant Mental Health Mentor-Research/Faculty; Associate Professor, Tulane University
Hisako Watanabe
M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Life Development Center, Watanabe Clinic, Yokohama, Japan
Germán Walteros
LMFT
Latinx Mental Health worker Trabajador de la Salud Mental.
Guiding Principles
Talk between Germán Walteros and Marie-Celeste Condon
"Our ways of understanding how we are with children, how caregivers are with one another, and the support that they receive started way before the invention of what we now call ‘infant and early childhood mental health."
Dr. Eva Marie Shivers
Guiding Principles
Talk between Germán Walteros and Marie-Celeste Condon
"Our ways of understanding how we are with children, how caregivers are with one another, and the support that they receive started way before the invention of what we now call 'infant and early childhood mental health.'"
Dr. Eva Marie Shivers
Sankofa
Symbol from the Akan people of Ghana, a reminder to retrieve what is important from the past as we move forward into the future. A common interpretation “go back and get it.”
Sankofa
Symbol from the Akan people of Ghana, a reminder to retrieve what is important from the past as we move forward into the future. A common interpretation “go back and get it.”
Manglares (Mangroves)
Significant in stories and traditions of many cultures, manglares share interconnected, interdependent root systems and provide sanctuary, nourishment, and protection for their coastal ecosystems.
Manglares (Mangroves)
Significant in stories and traditions of many cultures, manglares share interconnected, interdependent root systems and provide sanctuary, nourishment, and protection for their coastal ecosystems.
La Cultura Cura
Common Latine framework recognizing that culture - shared identity, traditional healing, and community resilience - is core to individual and collective well-being.
La Cultura Cura
Common Latine framework recognizing that culture - shared identity, traditional healing, and community resilience - is core to individual and collective well-being.
Ubuntu
Term from the Bantu people in South Africa embodying interconnectedness and humanity. For Black people around the world, community and interconnectedness have always has been a vital part of our existence and healing.
Ubuntu
Term from the Bantu people in South Africa embodying interconnectedness and humanity. For Black people around the world, community and interconnectedness have always has been a vital part of our existence and healing.
Amae
Everyday word in Japanese culture that conveys a deep sense of interdependent relationship a person has with others around them.
Amae
Everyday word in Japanese culture that conveys a deep sense of interdependent relationship a person has with others around them.
Etuaptmumk
(two-eyed seeing) Mi'kmaw guiding principle for culturally-inclusive, co-learning journeys to integrate Indigenous and Western knowledge for the benefit of all.
Etuaptmumk
(two-eyed seeing) Mi'kmaw guiding principle for culturally-inclusive, co-learning journeys to integrate Indigenous and Western knowledge for the benefit of all.
FILM THEMES