Yanuni

Juma Xipaia, a leader of the Xipaya people in the Amazon, rose to become Brazil’s first Secretary of Indigenous Rights under President Lula. In her fight for her people and the rainforest, she survived six assassination attempts, continuously confronting illegal gold mining, land grabbers, and corporate threats to her territory. The film also portrays her relationship with her husband, Hugo Loss, head of Special Operations at Brazil’s environmental agency IBAMA, who undertakes dangerous missions to dismantle illegal mining camps deep in the Amazon. Their joint struggle gains new depth when Juma discovers she is pregnant, forcing her to make critical life decisions. Filled with epic images of nature and uncompromising activism for the planet’s future, the film is a moving appeal for the protection of the world’s largest rainforest and the rights of its indigenous inhabitants.

The film is being presented as part of the project "Cinema as a Laboratory V," co-financed by the Polish-German Cooperation Foundation.