Best Documentary Short – “L’EAU EST LA VIE (WATER IS LIFE): From Standing Rock to the Swamp” (USA)

Title: L’EAU EST LA VIE (WATER IS LIFE): From Standing Rock to the Swamp
Runtime: 24 min
Country: USA
Director: Sam Vinal
Placement: Best Documentary Short
Competition: September 30, 2019

Synopsis: On the banks of Louisiana, fierce Indigenous women are ready to fight—to stop the corporate blacksnake and preserve their way of life. They are risking everything to protect Mother Earth from the predatory fossil fuel companies that seek to poison it.