A new film by director Ayelén Liberona focuses on the devastating impact on Indigenous communities caused by processing tar sands in Canada, through the eyes of affected children. The film, called Keepers of the Water, features comments from children aged 9 to 12 in Ft. Chipewyan, Alberta, where there has been a 30 percent increase in cancer rates among Native people, including many cases of very rare cancers.
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