SCREENING WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24 at the AMC ROLLING HILLS (7:00 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.)

Sundance 2022 awards: World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award and Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary

THE TERRITORY provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon.  With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film 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.

“…gorgeously and sometimes ingeniously conceived, painting an intimate first-hand portrait of joy, pain, and community, before bursting with rip-roaring intensity as it captures a high-stakes struggle for survival unfolding in the moment.” – Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire

“Dual forces of climate change and cultural genocide overlap to devastating effect in THE TERRITORY, threatening not just a native community but a wider ecosystem — and cheered on by the actively hostile powers that be.” – Guy Lodge, Variety

Language: Portuguese, Tupi (English subtitles)

Length: 1 hr. 25 min.