Eyes of Fire
From the collection of
From the collection of
Be inspired by 1990s teens who wage war on climate apathy decades before Greta Thunberg's protests.
When the founder of Greenpeace was given a copy of Warriors of the Rainbow in 1969, he believed it was something special. The tract tells the story of an ancient prophecy by an American Cree woman who warns: "When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money."" Greenpeace took the text at face value and named their first ship in honour pf the Rainbow Warriors.
However, it later became apparent that the text was a fake. Warriors of the Rainbow had been written as an evangelical Christian religious tract, and was a particularly toxic version of cultural appropriation, as the intention was to attack Native culture. The children in this film , like the founder of Greenpeace, appear unaware of the film's true authorship.
An experimental music video produced by Animha Productions for Village Arts and Warriors of the Rainbow conceived and provided young people of East Cleveland. Through both animation and performance, they interpret an ancient American Cree prophesy relating to environmental disaster. Following the video, the 'making of', with those involved discussing their participation in the project and the reasons behind its creation.