Dual forces of climate change and cultural genocide overlap to devastating effect in “The Territory,” threatening not just a native community but a wider ecosystem — and cheered on by the actively hostile powers that be. Riveting and despairing in equal measure, freshman director Alex Pritz’s documentary immerses us over the course of three years in the lives, livelihoods and dwindling homeland of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people, whose supposedly protected patch of Amazon rainforest is under attack from all sides by farmers, miners and settlers who think nothing of deforesting swaths of jungle that don’t belong to them.
For the Uru-eu-wau-wau, themselves rapidly diminishing in number, fighting back is essential but ugly, and anybody hoping for a comfortingly inspirational takeaway from “The Territory” may be disappointed. Instead, this short, sharply crafted Sundance premiere makes an impact with both its bleak, blunt messaging and its muscular formal construction, as the...
For the Uru-eu-wau-wau, themselves rapidly diminishing in number, fighting back is essential but ugly, and anybody hoping for a comfortingly inspirational takeaway from “The Territory” may be disappointed. Instead, this short, sharply crafted Sundance premiere makes an impact with both its bleak, blunt messaging and its muscular formal construction, as the...
- 1/23/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety - Film News
Similar News
Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone Premiere ‘Under the Bridge’; Idris Elba Walks the Red Carpet With Knuckles: April 2024 Celeb Pics
- 4/19/2024
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Five Horror Movies Featuring Creepy Ballerinas to Stream This Week
- 4/15/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Austin Butler Spends the Day with a Friend in Los Feliz
- 4/11/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Jon Batiste Documentary ‘American Symphony’ Is a Love Story of a Different Note
- 4/11/2024
- by Amanda Richards
- Tudum - Netflix
‘The Savant’ Apple Series Rounds Out Cast With 8, Including Jordana Spiro, Michael Mosley, Dagmara Dominczyk
- 4/3/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinetic Media Signs ‘A Different Man’ Filmmaker Aaron Schimberg, Producer Vanessa McDonnell
- 4/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other,’ About Photographer Joel Meyerowitz, Artist, Author Maggie Barrett, Nabbed by Cinetic (Exclusive)
- 3/7/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
‘Transition,’ a Documentary About a Trans Man Who Embeds With the Taliban in Afghanistan, Premieres Trailer (Exclusive)
- 2/16/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
‘American Symphony’ Director Matthew Heineman, Subject Jon Batiste Say There Were Many “Question Marks” While Making the Film
- 1/14/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.