PREVIEW: The Territory (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Neidinha Bandeira, Bitaté Uru-eu-wau-wau

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Alex Pritz (film debut), director, producer, cinematographer, editor; Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), Sigrid Dyekjær (The Cave), Lizzie Gillett (The Age of Stupid), Will N. Miller (film debut) and Gabriel Uchida (film debut), producers; Katya Mihailova (Freedom Fields), composer; Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau (film debut), cinematographer; Carlos Rojas (The Great Hack), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Deep within the Brazilian rainforest, the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau community fights back against a network of government-backed farmers who are eating into their land, using video cameras as valuable weapons…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This eye-opening documentary invites you to meet an entire community of people you’ve probably never even heard of, and their heroic efforts against the deforestation of their home in the Brazilian rainforest.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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