Documentary about Indigenous peoples' profound connection to nature and their struggle against deforestation, a grave threat to their way of life and the ecosystem they call home.
Direction
Rocha's immersive long takes place you inside ritual, not observation.
Sound
The forest mixes with Davi's voice—no score needed, nature composes.
Cinematography
Fire and water as characters, not metaphors.
Director
Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Davi Kopenawa is the most translated Yanomami author; this film extends his book 'The Falling Sky' into cinematic oral tradition, with him co-directing through consultation rather than mere subjecthood.
The directors spent years building trust to film actual shamanic rituals—previously prohibited on camera—making this the first Yanomami-authorized visual record of practices Bolsonaro's policies actively criminalized as 'obstruction.'
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