Based on the powerful words of shaman and Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa, the documentary portrays the indigenous community of Watoriki as it engages in a vital funeral rite known as a reahu —a collective effort to hold up the sky. The film stands as a trenchant shamanic critique of illegal gold mining, the deadly mix of epidemics brought by outsiders the Yanomami call “xawara”, and those Davi calls the “merchandise people”. Showcasing the beauty of Yanomami cosmology and its xapiri spirits while also highlighting this people’s geopolitical importance, “The Falling Sky” invites us to dream far.
Presented in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
Título original: A Queda do Céu
Ano: 2024
Duração: 108 min.
Gênero: Documentary
País: Brazil, Italy, France
Tags: Brazil, Italy, France, documentary, indigenous, international film festivals, environment, female directors
Cor: cor| p&b
Direção: Eryk RochaGabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Fotografia: Eryk Rocha, Bernard Machado
Montagem: Renato Vallone
Produtor: Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Donatella Palermo
Produção: Aruac Filmes
Música: Comunidade de Watoriki e convidados
World Sales: Rediance
Distribuição: Fênix Filmes
E-mail: [email protected]
Edições: 48, 48