Travel across Honduras with Garifuna teacher Cesar Vargas and filmmaker Eli LaBan as they document traditional Wanaragua songs - vibrant expressions of Afro-Indigenous culture and resistance - to help ensure the survival of the endangered Garifuna language. This short documentary offers a rare look behind the scenes of cultural revitalization, and the people and communities working to preserve the intangible heritage of humanity for the next generation.

The program includes an opening introduction by the producer, a forty-five-minute screening, and a post-film Q&A.

About The Directors

Eli LaBan is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker based in Philadelphia, specializing in projects pertaining to social development, cultural preservation, and education across the world. He began working with endangered language preservation in Nicaragua in 2016, and since then served as a Princeton in Africa Fellow in Rwanda and a Fulbright grantee in Honduras. He currently works as a production supervisor and teaching artist with Big Picture Alliance, overseeing youth apprenticeship programs and leading several award-winning projects in the Philadelphia area.

Cesar Vargas Sabio is a language educator, researcher, and dedicated preservationist of Garifuna language and culture. Born in Sangrelaya, one of the last remaining strongholds of traditional Garifuna culture, he received his master's degree in didactics of languages and cultures from the National Autonomous University of Honduras and currently serves as director of intercultural education for Change for Children, a Canadian nonprofit organization in Honduras. A Wanaragua dancer since childhood, Cesar witnessed the disappearance of traditional songs first-hand, and advocates for language education that utilizes activities, poetry and music to engage and inspire the next generation.