The Territory
by
Alex Pritz
Border Lines
The rainforest in Brazil, the lungs of the earth, so to speak, is under threat. This is not news, but deforestation has reached a new high. In THE TERRITORY, we experience what is really happening in the Amazon under the regime of the current president Bolsonaro from the point of view of the indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people. The 18-year-old indigenous leader Bitaté and the environmental activist Neidinha declare war on illegal loggers and land seekers. When the situation threatens to escalate, the Uru-eu-wau-wau equip themselves with cameras and drones to document reality. Can the power of the media help them?
- Genre: DOC: Environment & Nature
- Country, Year: Brazil, Denmark, USA, 2022
- Runtime: 85 Min
- Languages: Portuguese, Tupi-Kawahiva
- Subtitles: English, German
- Director: Alex Pritz
- Cinematography: Alex Pritz, Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau
- Editor: Carlos Rojas Felice
- Music: Katya Mihailova
- Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjaer, Will N. Miller, Gabriel Uchida, Lizzie Gillett, Alex Pritz, Carolyn Bernstein, Ari Handel, Brendan Naylor, Dylan Golden, Txai Suruí, Tejubi Uru-eu-wau-wau, Potei Uru-eu-wau-wau, Jack Weisman, Danfung Dennis, Alexandra Johnes, Rebecca Teitel, Loren Hammonds, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett, Justin Lacob, Rafael Georges, Felipe Estefan, Andrew Ruhemann, Romain Bessi, Philippe Levasseur
- Production Companies: Real Lava, Protozoa Pictures, Documist, Associação Jupaú, Passion Pictures
- World Sales: Dogwoof
- www.dogwoofsales.com/the-territory
