The guests are Ian MacKenzie of the "The Last Nomads" and Bria Morgan who directs the Borneo Project. They will talk about a Film Screening and Conversation with Ian Mackenzie about his work with the Eastern Penan of Borneo. It is at The Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard on Wednesday June 1, 7 p.m., Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
“The Last Nomads” is a Banff Mountain Film Festival Grand Prize winner. The film follows Ian, a linguist & ethnographer, on his yearly trek through the threatened Borneo rainforest, with the last remaining nomadic hunter-gatherers, the Penan.
All net proceeds raised at the event will support Earth Island Institute and The Borneo Project, a project of Earth Island Institute. The Borneo Project supports indigenous communities protecting ancestral rainforests and human rights in Borneo.