Without Consent:Mining in Neskantaga's Ancestral Homelands

A film screening and Panel Discussion co-hosted by Forensic Architecture and The BREAK—DOWN. Join us the 21st of October for the launch of the latest Forensic Architecture investigation "Without Consent: Mining in Neskantaga's ancestral Homelands" at Close-Up Film Centre in London. Wednesday, 21 October 7:00 pm: Arrivals 7:30 - 9:00 pm: Screening of Investigation and Panel Discussion 9:00-10:00 pm: Drinks and Departures Close-Up Cinema, E1 6HR The Panel Discussion will be broadcasted live by Montez Press Radio. About the project: For two decades, Neskantaga First Nation has opposed mining in the 'Ring of Fire', a region of northern Ontario, Canada, rich in minerals. Federal and provincial governments have dismissed the harm this development would cause to Indigenous lands and have denied Neskantaga's jurisdiction over its own lands and waters. Forensic Architecture worked with Neskantaga and Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism to document that jurisdiction along the route of a planned…