Esther Figueroa's guest appearances

Esther Figueroa

Resistance Radio

The Green Flame

Jamaican Diaspora

Frame By Frame

Rebecca Wildbear

Lierre Keith

Diane Wilson

Max Wilbert

Frank Forencich

Will Falk

Renee Gerlich

Vince Emanuele

Jeff Gibbs

Dave Gardner

DERRICK JENSEN

Ben Marshall

Marcus Garvey

Jerry Miller

Myrna Loy

OwlTail

Esther Figueroa Ph.D, is a Jamaican independent film maker, writer, educator and linguist with over thirty five years of media productions including television programming, documentaries, educational videos, multimedia and feature film. Her activist filmmaking gives voice to those outside of mainstream media and focuses on the perpetuation of local and indigenous knowledge and cultures, the environment, social injustice, and community empowerment. Figueroa’s films are screened and televised all over the world and taught at numerous universities. They include Jamaica for Sale (2009), the award-winning feature documentary about tourism and unsustainable development. Her latest feature documentary Fly Me To The Moon (2019) is about modernity and the global aluminum industry. She recently created and co-hosted GEFF 2020, the first online film festival focused on global extraction. Her environmental novel Limbo (2013), was a finalist in the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards for Multi-cultural Fiction.

Esther Figueroa Ph.D, is a Jamaican independent film maker, writer, educator and linguist with over thirty five years of media productions including television programming, documentaries, educational videos, multimedia and feature film. Her activist filmmaking gives voice to those outside of mainstream media and focuses on the perpetuation of local and indigenous knowledge and cultures, the environment, social injustice, and community empowerment. Figueroa’s films are screened and televised all over the world and taught at numerous universities. They include Jamaica for Sale (2009), the award-winning feature documentary about tourism and unsustainable development. Her latest feature documentary Fly Me To The Moon (2019) is about modernity and the global aluminum industry. She recently created and co-hosted GEFF 2020, the first online film festival focused on global extraction. Her environmental novel Limbo (2013), was a finalist in the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards for Multi-cultural Fiction.

Resistance Radio - Guest: Esther Figueroa Ph.D

Jamaican Ecofeminist

Our guest for show is Esther Figueroa. Esther is a Jamaican filmmaker, writer and advocate who in 2006 returned home to live in Jamaica after being based in Hawa’ii for 25 years. She has a long history of filmmaking, art, and community engagement to protect traditional cultures and the land. Dr. Figueroa has a PhD in linguistics and a masters degree in east asian langauges and literature. We talk about modernity, colonization, and aluminum mining in Jamaica. MUSIC: "Red Pill" by Minori. POEM: "Cockpit Country Dreams" by Olivia Senior. Check out Esther's video work on her YouTube channel, and two of her documentary films on The Paiute Salt Song Trail and the Reclamation of Polynesian Sailing Traditions. Donate to this project

Our guest for show is Esther Figueroa. Esther is a Jamaican filmmaker, writer and advocate who in 2006 returned home to live in Jamaica after being based in Hawa’ii for 25 years. She has a long history of filmmaking, art, and community engagement to protect traditional cultures and the land. Dr. Figueroa has a PhD in linguistics and a masters degree in east asian langauges and literature. We talk about modernity, colonization, and aluminum mining in Jamaica. MUSIC: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-6jgcWyghA" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"Red Pill" by Minori</a>. POEM: "Cockpit Country Dreams" by <a href="https://oliviasenior.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Olivia Senior</a>. Check out Esther's video work on her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mediavagabond/videos" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a>, and two of her documentary films on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg-bi83mMSI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Paiute Salt Song Trail</a> and the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_t5yz9graM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reclamation of Polynesian Sailing Traditions</a>. <a href="https://deepgreenresistance.org/support-us/donate-to-deep-green-resistance" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Donate to this project</a>

Esther Figueroa, Jamaican Ecofeminist, on Aluminum Mining in Cockpit Country

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Dr Esther Figueroa