Juma Xipaia from the Brazilian Amazon represents the Indigenous leaders who remind us what it means to live in harmony with the Earth. Her courage, wisdom, and leadership inspire a global movement to defend nature, culture, and community.
Yanuni, the award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary that tells Juma’s story, is a testament to the power of Indigenous voices and the hope they carry for our shared future.
The screening will followed by a discussion with Juma Xipaia, who will join us online straight from the Amazon and Brazil Matters.
This is the closing screening of the 11th Edition of the Amazon Film Festival, and the first London Edition of the Festival.The Amazon Film Festival is an independent initiative dedicated to the dissemination, exchange, inclusion and cultural education of film, established in 2005.
Apart from promoting the region, its people and its culture, the Festival puts the Amazon on the agenda in a wide variety of settings, thereby fostering surprising encounters between various cultures and northern Brazil, connecting ideas and people through cinema.
