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The Falling Sky

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Based on the powerful words of shaman and Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa, 'The Falling Sky' portrays the Indigenous community of Watorikɨ as it engages in a vital funeral rite known as a Reahu -- a collective effort to hold up the sky. The film stands as a trenchant shamanic critique of illegal gold mining, the deadly mix of epidemics brought by outsiders the Yanomami call "xawara", and those Davi calls the "merchandise people." Showcasing the beauty of Yanomami cosmology and its xapiri spirits while also highlighting this people's geopolitical importance, 'The Falling Sky' invites us to dream far.

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Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter 05/24/2024
The Falling Sky presents something more immediate than an argument... And, perhaps most wrenchingly, it offers the memories of an elderly Yanomami man whose life was upended by the belligerent missionaries who ravaged his community and put him to work. Go to Full Review
Carlos Aguilar Variety 05/20/2024
One of the most necessary and scorching pieces of nonfiction storytelling in recent memory. Go to Full Review
Guilherme Jacobs IndieWire 05/20/2024
B-
Rocha and Carneiro might not equal their subjects when it comes to image-making, but their movie does provide a way for these fantasies to, hopefully, outlive those who seek to wipe them out. Go to Full Review
Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Oct 29
The film encourages us as viewers to reassess our own materialistic worldview and the unsuitability of a lifestyle so entrenched in capitalism that it is threatened the wellbeing of whole world. Go to Full Review
Amyana Bartley QBP Reviews Mar 27
6.5/10
Will we ever awaken before it’s too late? Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Mar 5
A mesmerizing and lyrical documentary. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Based on the powerful words of shaman and Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa, 'The Falling Sky' portrays the Indigenous community of Watorikɨ as it engages in a vital funeral rite known as a Reahu -- a collective effort to hold up the sky. The film stands as a trenchant shamanic critique of illegal gold mining, the deadly mix of epidemics brought by outsiders the Yanomami call "xawara", and those Davi calls the "merchandise people." Showcasing the beauty of Yanomami cosmology and its xapiri spirits while also highlighting this people's geopolitical importance, 'The Falling Sky' invites us to dream far.
Director
Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Producer
Donatella Palermo, Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
Screenwriter
Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Bruce Albert
Distributor
KimStim
Production Co
Aruac Filmes, Hutukara Associação Yanomami, Stemal Entertainment, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 7, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 50m
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