“Latin American Film Series: MAYA LAND: Listening to the Bees” (Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies)

 A story about the environmental conflict between GM soy growers and Maya Beekeepers in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The award-winning documentary reflects on what the environment and economy could look like if bee health was considered as a criterion of sustainable development.

 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A conversation with the film’s director, producer, and screenwriter, Kata Beilin, Ph.D., Professor of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

2022, 50 min.

 

Tuesday, September 24th at 6:00pm

Luce Hall Auditorium 101

Co-sponsored by Yale Environmental Humanities with generous support from the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale