Documentary screening: "Land Back"

This documentary invites you to follow the leaders and participants of the historic 'hīkoi' march up close, and discover how Maori tribes, rooted in their traditions, are strongly fighting to preserve their rights and lands in the face of the Crown government.

The screening will be followed by a lecture by Lisa Renard: Toitū te Tiriti: honouring the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand Aotearoa. She will look back at the history of this treaty, from its signing in 1840 to its contemporary legacy, and its role in the struggles for the recognition of indigenous rights.

Finally, the audience will be able to engage in direct dialogue with the speakers.

After earning a double degree in History and Political Sciences at the Sorbonne, Valentin Henry specialised in audiovisual studies with a master's degree in History and Audiovisual Studies, discovering his passion for documentary filmmaking. He continued his training at INA Sup, where he co-directed a short film about the abandonment of the headquarters of the newspaper L'Humanité.

After several collaborations with production companies, he returned to directing in 2023. In New Zealand, he met Rueben Taipari, a Maori tribal leader, who inspired him to create his first self-produced short film, Land Back. The film documents the Maori people's march to defend their rights against the government, exploring the issues of colonisation.

Lisa Renard, PhD in anthropology and museologist, has been working between France and New Zealand Aotearoa with Maori ritual experts and artists since 2012. She is currently a research associate at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies (Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand Aotearoa). She is also an associate researcher at the CNRS-University of Strasbourg Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Cultural Studies (LinCS) (UMR 7069) and a lecturer at the University of Strasbourg's Institute of Ethnology.
Author of a dozen scientific articles and a thesis on the art of weaving connections among the Maori of New Zealand Aotearoa, she is particularly interested in the relationships that humans build and conceive through the artefacts they create, use and circulate. In addition to her teaching activities, she carries out numerous research assignments for the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.