original title:
A queda do céu
directed by:
cast:
Davi Kopenawa
screenplay:
from the book with the same title by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert
world sales:
country:
Brazil/Italy
year:
2024
film run:
110'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (16/04/2024)
festivals & awards:
In collaboration with Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami people, THE FALLING SKY follows the Yanomami leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa as he fights to return the world to balance in closely observed rituals and trenchant comments on the ruthless logic of a materialistic outside culture. Illegal logging, gold mining, and the deadly mix of epidemics these intrusions spread threaten the existence of the Yanomami. Based on an acute understanding of geopolitical forces, Davi Kopenawa holds up a mirror to capitalist societies of “the merchandise people” and the unsustainable lifestyle of the so-called “developed countries” that threatens the survival of humanity as a whole. As we push the natural world increasingly and disastrously off balance, there is a lot we can learn from the beauty of the Yanomami worldview.