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The Territory

The Territory

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 19, 2022

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

72%

Original Title

The Territory

Production Companies

Documist, XTR, TIME Studios, Protozoa Pictures, Passion Pictures, Real Lava, National Geographic Documentary Films

Director

Alex Pritz

Revenue

$69,316

Description

The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native Brazilians. Though promised dominion over their own rainforest territory, they have faced illegal incursions from environmentally destructive logging and mining, and, most recently, land-grabbing invasions spurred on by right-wing politicians like President Jair Bolsonaro. With deforestation escalating as a result, the stakes have become global.