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Tom Laffay is an independent filmmaker based in Bogotá, and is a recipient of the inaugural 2020 Andrew Berends Fellowship. SIONA: Amazon’s Defenders Under Threat, commissioned by The New Yorker, is an intimate portrait of Siona leader Adiela Mera Paz who works to clear landmines from her ancestral territory in hope that her people may one day return. He is now producing his first feature length film with the Siona Nation. www.tomlaffay.com

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/ July 7, 2020

The Pact: A Filmmaker’s Collaboration With The Siona To Tell Their Story In Defense of The Amazon

In this article, American filmmaker Tom Laffay, whose inspiring short film “SIONA: Amazon’s Defender’s Under Threat” recently premiered…

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