Holding Up the Sky
2023•1h 18m•5.0•Released
Documentary
"When the shamans stop dancing and life in the rainforest loses its balance, the sky will collapse and come to crush everything." This wisdom is passed down from generation to generation by the Yanomami of Brazil. But gold miners are polluting the rivers, shamans are dying, the rainforest is disappearing and the earth is getting hotter. Davi Kopenawa, a tribal leader and spokesman for the Yanomami, has been fighting relentlessly against the colonization of his land for 40 years. He warns Westerners that when the sky collapses, they too will be crushed. Why don't they listen? Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Director
Pieter van Eecke
Writer
Dário Vitório Kopenawa Yanomami, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
Languages
Dutch, French, Portuguese
Cast
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
Dário Vitório Kopenawa Yanomami
Production
Producer
Hanne Phlypo
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