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The Territory: Q&A

Published: Fri 2 Sep 2022 Topics: Environment, Sociopolitical
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On Friday the 2nd of September filmmaker Alice Aedy hosted a special post-screening Q&A with director Alex Pritz, executive producer Txai Surui, as well as participants Neidinha Bandeira and Bitaté uru-eu-wau-wau.

A network of government-backed farmers is eating into indigenous territory in the Brazilian rainforest, but a local activist and his team are fighting back with a video camera as a weapon.

In the Brazilian rainforest, a battle is being waged between the last of the indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe and the farmers who, with President Bolsonaro at their backs, are slowly eating into their otherwise protected territory. But young activist and leader Bitate is mobilising an army of self-taught journalists to patrol the jungle and catch the land grabbers in action, with a video camera as their only weapon against the chainsaws.With awe-inspiring cinematography and richly textured sound design, The Territory takes audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wau-wau community and provides unprecedented access to the farmers and settlers illegally burning and clearing the protected Indigenous land.

On Friday the 2nd of September filmmaker Alice Aedy hosted a special post-screening Q&A with director Alex Pritz, executive producer Txai Surui, as well as participants Neidinha Bandeira and Bitaté uru-eu-wau-wau.

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The Territory: Q&A

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