THE FALLING SKY
Special Features: U.S. Premiere | Co-presented by the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
[A QUEDA DO CÉU]
Deep within the Amazon, the Yanomami people are facing an existential threat. Since a highway tore through their territory in the early 1970s, miners have encroached on their land, bringing violence and disease. Filmmakers Eryk Rocha (CINEMA NOVO) and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha go beyond ethnography, allowing the Yanomami people to reach out and offer a blistering environmental warning: they are the first line of defense, but they alone cannot stop the sky from falling. Adapted from the book co-written by Yanomami leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa, THE FALLING SKY brings us into their world, revealing their rituals and community while offering an urgent anti-colonial message that is too strong to ignore. Official Selection, 2024 Cannes Film Festival. DIR/SCR/PROD Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, based on the book by Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert. Brazil/Italy/France, 2024, color, 110 min. In Portuguese and Yanomami with English subtitles. NOT RATED
No AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, October 06, 2024
Genre: Documentary - environment
