The Last Forest Review: Facts and Folklore Mingle in a Bewitching Brazilian Social Study The Last Forest Review: Facts and Folklore Mingle in a Bewitching Brazilian Social Study
Director Luiz Bolognesi resists patronizing cultural fetishry in his artful documentary portrait of the Amazonian Yanomami community, giving them a narrative voice of their own.
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Director: Luiz Bolognesi
With: Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Ehuana Yaira Yanomami, Pedrino Yanomami, Joselino Yanomami, Nilson Wakari Yanomami, Junior Wakari Yanomami, Roseane Yanomami.
Running time: Running time: 74 MIN.
Courtesy of Gullane/Pedro J Marquez
“Only in our forest can you sleep in peace,” says Davi Kopenawa, a shaman and elder of the Yanomami community the indigenous population of the rainforest terrain on the Brazilian-Venezuelan border. His words, enticing as they sound, aren’t an invitation to visitors, but a warning to his own. As the Yanomami’s unchanged,