Piripkura (2017)

The last two surviving members of the Piripkura people, a nomadic tribe in the Mato Grasso region of Brazil, struggle to maintain their indigenous way of life amidst the region’s massive deforestation. Living deep in the rainforest, Pakyî and Tamandua live off the land relying on a machete, an ax, and a torch lit in 1998.

• amazon rainforest
• brazil
• central and south america
• deforestation
• indigenous
• nomad
• portuguese colonialism
• south america
• woman director