01 Jan 1971
As Long as the Rivers Run
Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washington, with particular reference to the Nisqually Indians of Frank's Landing in Washington.
The Invention of the Other
In 2019, the Brazilian government coordinates the largest and riskiest expedition of the last decades into the Amazon rainforest to search for a group of isolated indigenous people in vulnerability and promote their first contact with non-indigenous. Bruno Pereira, who would later be murdered in the same region and turned into an international symbol in favor of the indigenous and the forest, leads the expedition.
Top Billed Cast
Bruno Pereira Self
Bernardo Natividade Self
Takvan Vakwë Korubo Self
Xuxu Korubo Self
Lucas Albertoni Self
Jair Condor Self
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