The Territory

An urgent, ground-level immersion into a slow-motion dispossession, tense with threat and quietly heartbreaking in its resolve.

Directed by

Alex Pritz

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Neidinha Bandeira, Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau

Tagline

The battle for home.

Overview

The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native Brazilians. Though promised dominion over their own rainforest territory, they have faced illegal incursions from environmentally destructive logging and mining, and, most recently, land-grabbing invasions spurred on by right-wing politicians like President Jair Bolsonaro. With deforestation escalating as a result, the stakes have become global.

How it feels

Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Environment, colonialism, justice, survival

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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