directly fund Indigenous-led initiatives
in the communities where we filmed.
- Watch The Eternal Song
- Receive a downloadable workbook
- Support the Indigenous communities featured in the film
No one will be denied for lack of funds, although if you cannot contribute money, we encourage you to donate an act of kindness instead!
- Unlimited access to the film and collection
- Recordings of the 7-day gathering
with Indigenous Elders - Exclusive access to 11 additional films
- Extended interviews &
behind-the-scenes content - Monthly community gatherings
for deeper connection
directly fund Indigenous-led initiatives
in the communities where we filmed.
- Watch The Eternal Song
- Receive a downloadable workbook
- Support the Indigenous communities featured in the film
No one will be denied for lack of funds, although if you cannot contribute money, we encourage you to donate an act of kindness instead!
- The Eternal Song film
11 feature-length films, one for each Indigenous Community, as they are released
- 30+ recordings of the 7-day gathering
with Indigenous Elders Audio files & transcripts for all the sessions
- Extended interviews with film Elders &
behind-the-scenes content - Original soundtrack of the film
- Two-year access to all the above in your private library
- Monthly community gatherings
for deeper connection - 14-day money-back guarantee
7-Day Gathering with Indigenous Voices
We will gather in community, guided by Indigenous Elders and knowledge keepers from around the world, to explore healing pathways to collective trauma and disconnection.
Each day of the Gathering explores a different theme. Together, these sessions create a journey—from grappling with historical trauma, to collective grieving, to remembering our sacred kinship and belonging.
Historical trauma living in lands & bodies
The healing
ground
of grief
Ancestral
wisdom &
medicine
Sacred cycle
of life, death,
& renewal
Kinship &
reciprocity
with all life
Healing Practices
Beyond Western
Therapies
Carrying
the Medicine
Forward
Historical trauma living in lands & bodies
The healing
ground
of grief
Ancestral
wisdom &
medicine
Sacred cycle
of life, death,
& renewal
Kinship &
reciprocity
with all life
Healing Practices
Beyond Western
Therapies
Carrying
the Medicine
Forward
Historical trauma living in lands & bodies
The healing
ground
of grief
Ancestral
wisdom &
medicine
Sacred cycle
of life, death,
& renewal
Kinship &
reciprocity
with all life
Healing Practices
Beyond Western
Therapies
Carrying
the Medicine
Forward
50% of proceeds after production costs directly fund Indigenous-led initiatives in the communities where we filmed.
Global: Training fund for young Indigenous filmmakers
Kenya: Healing sanctuary for at-risk Maasai women
Brazil: Restoration of traditional Guarani Kaiowá crops in areas affected by monoculture
Greenland: Inuit healing center in Nuuk
Arizona, USA: Language and cultural programs at Little Singer School (Diné)
Canada: The Esk’etemc First Nation Letwilc Recovery Program
TO THE 7-DAY GLOBAL GATHERING SESSIONS
The Full Collection is a film series that begins with The Eternal Song and includes 11 additional feature-length documentaries, each focused on one of the Indigenous communities featured in the original film. These companion films offer a deeper immersion into that community’s stories, ceremonies, ancestors, and ways of being.
The Full Collection also includes over 40 conversations with Indigenous Elders, wisdom holders, healers, and teachers—offering rich insight into ancestral memory, intergenerational trauma, and pathways of restoration, resilience, and reconnection.
DAY 1
Zaya Benazzo
MAURIZIO BENAZZO
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO
- Introduction
Pat McCabe
Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio
Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq
Kylie Marjambi
OPENING PRAYER CIRCLE
PAT MCCABE, TĀNGAROA NGAROPO-TĀWIO, AVIAJA RAKEL SANIMUINAQ, KYLIE MARJAMBE
- Prayer
Lyla June Johnston
EMBRACING THE WHOLE:
EXPLORING TRAUMA IN OUR BLOODLINES
LYLA JUNE JOHNSTON
- Honoring the beauty and the brokenness within our ancestral lines
- Healing trauma without bypassing the responsibility of inheritance
- Embracing the full complexity of where we come from as a source of strength
Pat McCabe
Lyla June Johnston
Jarmbi Miles
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA & HEALING
PAT MCCABE, LYLA JUNE, JARMBI MILES, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Healing that includes ancestors, land, and future generations
- Integrating traditional practices in today’s world
- Restoring connection through community and ceremony
Tiokasin Ghosthorse
POETRY: BUTTERFLY AGAINST THE WIND
TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE
- Poetry
Judy Atkinson
Patricia June Vickers
Diana Kopua
Donald ‘Del’ Laverdure
Gabor Maté
INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN
APPROACHES TO TRAUMA HEALING
JUDY ATKINSON, PATRICIA JUNE VICKERS, DIANA KOPUA, DONALD DEL LAVERDURE, GABOR MATÉ (HOST)
- Bridging Indigenous and Western ways of understanding trauma
- Centering land, story, and spirit in the healing process
- Reclaiming collective and relational pathways to wellbeing
DAY 2
Thomas Hübl
THE ROLE OF GENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN THE POLYCRISIS
THOMAS HÜBL. ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- How unhealed collective trauma shapes today’s global crises
- Why slowing down and deep presence are essential for true healing
- Pathways for transforming inherited pain into collective regeneration
Euphrasia Nyaki
THE GRIEF AND GRACE OF ANCESTRAL HEALING
EFU NYAKI, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Exploring the intersections of Indigenous and Western healing practices
- Honoring ancestral roots through Family Constellations and Tanzanian wisdom
- Reweaving belonging and nature into trauma healing in a fragmented world
Alnoor Ladha
Thomas Kanatakeniate Cook
Serene Thin Elk
WALKING WITH EARTH:REMEMBERING OUR PLACE
ALNOOR LADHA. THOMAS KANATAKENIATE COOK, SERENE THIN ELK
- Remembering Earth as kin, not resource
- Healing the disconnection between land, spirit, and self
- Restoring Indigenous ways of belonging in a world out of balance
Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq
Ikimaliq Pikilak
Nuka Alice Lund
HEALING AND RECLAIMING CULTURE WITH KALAALLIT WOMEN
AVIAJA RAKEL SANIMUINAQ, IKIMALIQ PIKILAK, NUKA ALICE, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Reclaiming cultural identity in the wake of colonization
- Reviving drumdancing as a living practice of healing and resistance
- Honoring Inuit wisdom through language, land, and intergenerational story
William K. Iaukea
MEDICINAL STORIES FROM OLD HAWAII
WILLIAM K. IAUKEA
- The story of “E” and the deep intelligence of spirit
- Remembering: when you call them, they come
- The old man
Diana Kopua
Mark Kopua
Tina Ngata
RE-INDIGENIZING OUR WAYS OF BEING
DIANA KOPUA, MARK KOPUA, TINA NGATA, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
Diane Merle Longboat
Kristen Burge
Donald ‘Del’ Laverdure
Chief Beverly Cook
Iya Affo
MENDING THE SACRED CIRCLE: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ON INTERGENERATIONAL HEALING
DIANE MERLE LONGBOAT, KRISTEN BURGE, DONALD “DEL” LAVERDURE, CHIEF BEVERLY COOK, IYA AFFO (HOST)
- Returning to traditional healing practices to break cycles of colonial trauma
- Reclaiming language and cultural knowledge as medicine for generations
- Centering healing in community, ceremony, and collective responsibility
DAY 3
Francis Weller
Orland Bishop
The Sacred Work of Grief
FRANCIS WELLER, ORLAND BISHOP, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Exploring grief as a sacred threshold, not a pathology
- Remembering the soul’s place in a world of fragmentation
- Reclaiming reverence, slowness, and deep belonging in troubled times
Tāngaroa Ngaropo-Tāwio
Atarangi Muru
Makuini Ruth Tai
PORTALS TO ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE
TĀNGAROA NGAROPO-TĀWIO, ATARANGI MURU, MAKUINI RUTH TAI, MAURIZIO & ZAYA BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Reviving Māori ways of knowing through spirit, land, and language
- Opening ancestral portals through ceremony, story, and vibration
- Honoring Indigenous knowledge as a living, embodied practice
Linda Thai
RELATIONAL APPROACH TO ATTACHMENT THEORY
LINDA THAI, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Shifting from individual labels to relational healing
- How culture and history shape attachment patterns
- Building safety through co-regulation and mutual care
Dohee Lee
Jungwon Kim
Indigenous Korean Healing Practices
DOHEE LEE. JUNGWON KIM (HOST)
- Reviving Korean shamanic rituals to heal body, spirit, and lineage
- Using traditional arts and movement to process trauma and grief
- Addressing historical wounds through ancestral practice and energy healing
Awhitia Mihaere
TRADITIONAL MAORI WOMB HEALING
AWITIA MIHAERE, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Womb healing through Māori ancestral wisdom
- Honoring grief as a portal to deep ancestral connection
- Restoring sacred relationship with body, land, and lineage
DAY 4
Bayo Akomolafe
Between Collapse & Chrysalis: Tending the Threshold
BAYO AKOMOLAFE, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Embracing collapse as a site of transformation
- Listening to the more-than-human during times of unraveling
- Cultivating curiosity and myth in the face of uncertainty
Richard Schwartz
WEAVING THE BROKEN THREADS: ANCESTRY, INNER SYSTEMS & THE RHYTHMS OF REPAIR
RICHARD SCHWARTZ, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Bridging Internal Family Systems with ancestral healing
- Repairing inherited wounds through inner relationship
- Listening for wholeness beneath fragmented parts
Patty Krawec
Byrde Nez
Brenna Cussen-Anglada
Sarah Nahar
RECONCILING INDIGENOUS SPIRIT & CHRISTIANITY
PATTY KRAWEC, BYRDE NEZ, BRENNA CUSSEN-ANGLADA, SARAH NAHAR (HOST)
- Reckoning with the Church’s impact on Indigenous communities
- Healing religious trauma while honoring complex identities
- What does reconciliation mean when it comes to faith
Patricia June Vickers
SINGING TO THE DARKNESS POETRY
PATRICIA JUNE VICKERS
- Poetry
Daniel Foor
Susan Raffo
RELEARNING RELATIONSHIP: AN OFFERING FOR PEOPLE OF TROUBLED LINEAGES
DANIEL FOOR, SUSAN RAFFO
- Facing Ancestral Harm
- From Personal Healing to Collective Repair
- Letting Ancestors and Earth Lead
Anastácio Peralta
REFORESTING OUR MINDS
ANASTÁCIO PERALTA
- On Guarani Kaiowá ways of living in right relationship with land and spirit
- Colonization caused rupture, but the roots remain alive
- Healing means reforesting our minds with ancestral wisdom
DAY 5
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
Rachel Knight
RECLAIMING OUR SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS
RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN, RACHEL KNIGHT, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Reconnecting with Pre-Christian European Spiritual Practices
- Reweaving ancestral traditions without reenacting colonial harm
- Honoring ceremony as a practice of humility, reciprocity, and repair
Darcia Narvaez
Four Arrows
Yemi Penn
RESTORING KINSHIP
DARCIA NAVAREZ, FOUR ARROWS, YEMI PENN (HOST)
- Returning to Indigenous parenting rooted in connection and care
- Healing the disconnection from nature, community, and ancestral rhythms
- Cultivating kinship consciousness for collective thriving
Osprey Orielle Lake
Casey Camp-Horinek
Abby Reyes
Rae Abileah
Transforming Colonization, Extractivism, and Socio-Ecological Injustice
OSPREY ORIELLE LAKE, CASEY CAMP-HORINEK, ABBY REYES, RAE ABILEAH (HOST)
- Building Cross Cultural Solidarity
- Indigenous Knowledge systems as climate solutions
- Unpacking root causes for deep systemic change
Samwel Nangiria
Lynn Murphy
RESISTING NEOCOLONIALISM & RECLAIMING INDIGENOUS NARRATIVES
SAMWEL NANGIRIA, LYNN MURPHY (HOST)
- Challenging colonial misrepresentations of Maasai culture and identity
- Defending land rights and traditional pastoralism against modern encroachment
- Revitalizing Maasai knowledge systems for future generations
James McGuire
Lynn Murphy
THE REPATRIATION/REMATRIATION JOURNEY OF THE HAIDA NATION
JAMES MCGUIRE, LYNN MURPHY (HOST)
- Returning ancestral remains and sacred objects to Haida Gwaii
- Restoring cultural memory through ceremony, language, and land
- Healing generational trauma through the rematriation of spirit and story
Joe Williams
Uncle Paul Gordon
HEALING WITH SONGLINES
JOE WILLIAMS, UNCLE PAUL GORDON, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Songlines as living maps of Country, kinship, and creation
- Traditional song and story as pathways for healing and belonging
- Star knowledge woven into songlines as celestial guides and teachings
DAY 6
Katsi Cook
Lynn Murphy
Women's Bodies, Earth Body
KATSI COOK, LYNN MURPHY (HOST)
- The connection between reproductive health and environmental contamination
- Reviving Indigenous midwifery as sacred, ecological care
- Women as guardians of water, birth, and future generations
(Chief Oluwo) Obafemi Fayemi
Rutendo Ngara
Iya Affo
Yemi Penn
Reviving the Sacred: African Indigenous Wisdom & Healing
OBAFEMI FAYEMI, RUTENDO NGARA, IYA AFFO, YEMI PENN (HOST)
- African spiritual traditions as pathways for ancestral healing
- Addressing colonial trauma through cultural remembrance and ritual
- Applying ancient wisdom to modern challenges and global restoration
Ruby Gibson
Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq
Chief Na’ Moks
Charlene Eigen-Vasquez
Pat McCabe
Ceremonial Circle: Words As Medicine for Our People
RUBY GIBSON, AVIAJA RAKEL SANIMUINAQ, CHIEF NA’MOKS, CHARLENE EIGEN VASQUEZ, PAT MCCABE (HOST)
- Prayer
Dr. Omavi Bailey
Dr. Sekagya Yahaya Hills
Mays Imad
Reviving the Sacred: African Indigenous Wisdom & Healing
DR. OMAVI BAILEY, DR.SEKAGYA YAHAYA HILLS, MAYS IMAD (HOST)
- Healing trauma as restoring balance with ancestors, land, and spirit
- Integrating African traditional medicine with trauma recovery
- Rebuilding community through ancestral ways of knowing
Donna Kerridge
Rongoā Māori: A Holistic Approach to Healing
DONNA KERRIDGE, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Māori plant medicines as spiritual and ancestral practice
- Bridging traditional healing with modern healthcare systems
- Passing down sacred knowledge through community mentorship and wānanga
DAY 7
Pat McCabe
Shelly Covert
Sarah Bradley
Cassandra Ferrera
Taking Action: Land Reunion in Collaboration
PAT MCCABE, SHELLY COVERT, SARAH BRADLEY, CASSANDRA FERRERA (HOST)
- Remembering land as kin through Indigenous wisdom and ceremony
- Practical steps for land return and community stewardship
- Healing through shared land-based action and relationship repair
Nipun Mehta
Lynn Murphy
Alnoor Ladha
Healing Wealth in Time of Collapse
NIPUN MEHTA, LYNN MURPHY, ALNOOR LADHA, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Reimaganing wealth through generosity, trust, and relationship
- Unlearning accumulation as security in a collapsing world
- Healing through circulatory, intergenerational, and relational economies
Chief Na’ Moks
Charlene Eigen-Vasquez
Ariel Clark
Sacred Stewardship: Indigenous Leadership in Land Protection
CHIEF NA’ MOX, CHARLENE EIGEN-VASQUEZ, ERIEL TCHEKWIE DERANGER, ARIEL CLARK (HOST)
- Frontline resistance against extractive industries and criminalization
- Elevating Indigenous ecological knowledge for true climate resilience
- Advancing Indigenous sovereignty and legal recognition of land rights
Jose Barreiro
Baratunde Thurston
Project Interdependence: Preparing to Meet the Conditions
JOSE BARREIRO, BARATUNDE THURSTON
- Indigenous wisdom as guidance for crisis, clarity, and care
- Reclaiming identity through values, not victimhood
- Living interdependence through ancestral governance and Earth-connected vision
Loretta Afraid of Bear
Amelia Rose Barlow
All Nations Medicine Societies: Learning How to Get Along
DR. ANTONIA LORETTA AFRAID OF BEAR–COOK. AMELIA ROSE BARLOW
- Medicine societies as bridges for cross-cultural healing and respect
- Ceremony as a pathway to authentic connection across difference
- Indigenous teachings guiding social harmony and collective repair
(Chief Oluwo) Obafemi Fayemi
Loretta Afraid of Bear
Kanyon Sayers-Roods, Coyote Woman
Hunhak
Dodoringumu Miguel Chaparro
Closing Ceremony & Prayer
OBAFEMI FAYEMI, DR. ANTONIA LORETTA AFRAID OF BEAR–COOK, KANYON SAYERS-ROODS, HUNHAK, DODORINGUMU, ZAYA & MAURIZIO BENAZZO (HOSTS)
- Blessings & Prayers
The Eternal Song is accompanied by 11 additional feature-length films, each focusing in depth on one of the lands and peoples we visited.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Eternal Song emerged from a deep calling to bear witness to both the wounds of colonization and the powerful ancestral wisdom that continues to guide Indigenous communities toward healing. Over two years, our journey took us across sacred lands where we encountered stories of profound suffering, injustice, and beauty alongside remarkable resilience.
We created this film series as a response to the historical amnesia that pervades our modern world—a world increasingly disconnected from nature, from each other, and from ancestral knowledge. We believe the Indigenous voices offer vital medicine for our fractured times, helping us all to remember our fundamental kinship with Mother Earth and to reawaken to the eternal song of existence that calls us back to belonging.
This project is our humble contribution to a necessary global conversation about how we might collectively heal from historical traumas and remember, reimagine our place in the sacred web of life.
The trust we received from thirteen Indigenous cultures across twelve locations worldwide is something we hold with profound reverence and responsibility. This trust wasn’t granted overnight but cultivated through respectful engagement, active listening, and a genuine commitment to honoring each community’s protocols and wisdom.
Before any cameras rolled, we spent significant time building relationships, participating in what was asked of us in terms of ceremony, offerings, sharing our intentions, and most importantly, listening to what each community felt was important for them to share. We approached each culture as students rather than experts, allowing community elders and knowledge keepers to guide us in how their stories should be told.
Each testimony shared with us is a sacred gift. The people who opened their hearts did so because they recognized the urgency of their message for humanity’s collective future. They entrusted us with their stories not only to document their experiences but to help carry their wisdom to a world that desperately needs to hear it.
Reciprocity is a fundamental value that guides this entire project. We recognize that these stories are not ours to take but rather gifts to be honored. Therefore, we have made a commitment that half of all proceeds from The Eternal Song will be returned directly to the communities who shared their stories and generational wisdom with us.
These funds will support community-led initiatives, cultural preservation efforts, and projects that advance the visions and priorities of each participating Indigenous group. This financial commitment is just one aspect of our approach to reciprocity.
We have also:
- Involved community members in the editing process to ensure accurate representation
- Established ongoing relationships beyond the film’s completion
- Provided film equipment to some of the communities to continue recording their stories
- Committed to using our platform to amplify Indigenous voices and causes
This reciprocal relationship reflects the very wisdom the film seeks to share—that true healing comes through honoring our interconnectedness and mutual responsibilities to one another.
The Eternal Song offers multiple ways to experience this journey:
The Complete Journey: The full project consists of one main feature film (approximately 90 minutes) that frames the overarching themes and connects all stories, plus twelve additional feature-length films (60–120 minutes each) dedicated to exploring each location and culture in depth.
Viewing Options:
- Select theaters will host special screenings of the main feature film throughout 2025
- Digital streaming access to both the main feature and all individual cultural segments on our website
- Community screening packages for educational institutions, community centers, and organizations
- Special event screenings with filmmaker Q&As (schedule available on our website)
For the most immersive experience, we recommend watching the main feature first, followed by exploring the individual cultural segments that most resonate with you. Each segment stands on its own while also enriching the collective narrative.
Sharing The Eternal Song is an important way to extend its healing impact. Here are ways you can help these vital stories reach more people:
Spread the Word: Follow us on social media and share our content with your networks. Personal recommendations remain the most powerful way to help others discover these stories.
Host a Community Screening: After July 1st the film will be available through Kinema, people can start to reserve starting June 3rd here. We offer special licenses for community screenings at schools, places of worship, community centers, and other gathering spaces. Our website provides a simple application process and resources to help make your screening meaningful.
Educational Use: Teachers and professors can access our educational materials and abbreviated versions tailored for classroom use, complete with discussion guides and learning activities.
Support Indigenous Causes: On our website, we provide information about each featured community and ways to directly support their ongoing work and initiatives.
Engage in Dialogue: Perhaps the most important way to share this film is through meaningful conversation. We encourage viewers to create spaces for reflection and discussion about the film’s themes and how they relate to our collective healing journey.
Remember that sharing these stories comes with responsibility. We invite you to approach them with the same reverence with which they were shared with us, and to honor the communities who have entrusted us all with their wisdom.
