Joel Redman with brother, Paul Redman on location with If Not Us Then Who
© Tim Lewis / INUTW
IF NOT US THEN WHO
If Not Us Then Who, a US-based charity which supports a global awareness campaign highlighting the role indigenous and local peoples play in protecting our planet. They work in partnership with communities to make films, take photographs, curate content, commission local artists and host events. Their work aims to build lasting networks, target unjust policies, and advocate for greater rights for indigenous and local peoples to bring about positive social change.
One of the founding team members, along with his brother Paul Redman, Joel has spent the last decade travelling across the globe, working with different indigenous peoples on behalf of INUTW. Joel is passionate about storytelling – highlighting the urgency, the immediacy of the need to get these stories in front of a bigger audience.
Print Sales - Donations to If Not Us Then Who
10% of Joel Redman sales with Branch Arts will go to support If Not Us Then Who, and in particular will support a formal mentorship programme for photographers that Joel is hoping to begin in 2022.
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Panama - Being Emberá.
Meanwhile sustainable community forestry initiatives are creating low impact income for communities that rely on healthy forests for their survival.
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Panama - Being Emberá.
Embera youth are spearheading a cultural revival, after decades of assimilation, through traditional body painting and storytelling.
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Panama - Being Emberá.
Indigenous culture must be passed onto future generations by celebrating indigenous traditions.
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Panama - Being Emberá
Reclaiming and strengthening indigenous culture is vital to maintaining ancestral connections to nature.
Indigenous filmmakers & photographers…
‘We're in an environmental crisis, with indigenous communities protecting 80% of the world’s biodiversity and so there’s stories daily. These communities are deeply affected and there are people in those communities that want to be able to tell their stories, like yesterday!
Some are telling their stories, and INUTW is there to support, distribute those stories, and mentor some of those early-career photographers, filmmakers such as Kyan Tegar.’
Joel Redman
Filmmakers…
Kynan Tegar, Indonesia
Kynan Tegar is a young filmmaker. He is Dayak Iban from Sungai Utik, West Kalimantan. He is home schooled and makes films. Since finishing formal primary school he has pursued his passion for photography, videography, nature and learning the in-depth culture of the Iban people. Living in the local traditional longhouse and learning about the ancestral knowledge from the adat leader Apay Janggut, who defended the community fiercely from illegal logging.
