Cinéma

We Are Guardians

Sunday, August 13 - 8 pm
Cinéma du Musée

Directors: Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, Edivan Guajajara
USA
Documentary
82 min
English without subtitles

Copresented by Cinema Politica

SYNOPSIS

In the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, a kaleidoscope of characters and perspectives intersect, including those of Indigenous forest guardians, scientists and illegal loggers, to provide a fulsome portrait of the causes and harms of deforestation. The stakes are high as Marçal Guajajara, from Arariboia territory, and activist Puyr Tembé, from the Alto Rio Guamá region, lead the fight to protect their forests. Illegal resource extraction has tripled since Jair Bolsonaro took power in 2019, and widespread political and corporate corruption means it’s up to the guardians to stop the invasion of loggers. Interconnected with global markets, Canadian companies are implicated in the illegal trade by an investigative journalist who tracks the export of stolen wood to US and Canadian companies. In addition to logging, illegal extractive practices including mining and ranching are having a devastating impact, not only on Indigenous sovereignty but also on global climate stability. Grand bird’s-eye cinematography captures the vast river and diverse landscape of the state of Amazonas, a backdrop that echoes the increasingly complex and critical situation. (2023 Hot Docs)

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