The Indigenous peoples of the Tapajós River basin have spent decades on the frontlines of resistance—protecting their territory, their river, and the living world that depends on both.
In a recent victory, Brazil’s federal government revoked Decree 12.600/25, which had threatened to open the river to privatization and industrial dredging. This is a hard-won step forward, carried by more than 30 years of collective resistance.
Meet the leaders who have been holding this line. Join us in just a few days for the global film premiere of Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth. This is the fifth film in the Wisdom of the Ancestors series and is set in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. We invite you to the global film premiere and LIVE 3-day online event.
Join the Premiere & Live 3-Day Event
with Amazonian Leaders
Registration is by donation—any amount, including $0, is welcome.
Two Indigenous Voices from the Film
At the heart of this movement—and central to our film—are leaders whose steadfast defense of the land is rooted in a profound truth: the Earth is animate, and she is family.
Two voices you will hear are Juarez Saw Munduruku, chief of Sawré Muybu village, and his granddaughter, Beka Saw Munduruku.
Guided by ancestral protocols that honor the forest as a living entity, Chief Juarez speaks of his people’s obligation:
To enter the forest, we need to ask for permission. Even though we are already in relationship, it is still our obligation to ask permission from nature. When we talk about the river or the forest, we are talking about a life that nourishes everyone. The river itself is a life.
Beka, a fierce young leader in her own right, shows us the power of the unbreakable chord between elder and youth—the transmission of wisdom that sustains life.
My grandfather taught me a lot, that everything around me, or within my village, within my home, are my relatives. The trees are my relatives, the birds around the villages are my relatives, my cousins, all of this.
Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth offers an intimate window into this way of being. It invites us to reconsider our own relationship with the living, dreaming Earth.
The film is available to stream by donation of any amount, including $0. This offering is shared in the spirit of reciprocity, and half of what is received (after covering costs) is directed to Indigenous-led initiatives in the lands whereKatô: Dreams of Dark Earth was filmed.
What you bring here matters — not just to this circle, but to the field we’re all held within. Participation is a form of presence, and presence is a form of care and solidarity.
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