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    THE TERRITORY US THEATRICAL RELEASE

    US theatrical release Aug. 19, 2022 (Quad Cinema NYC), California Landmark Theaters Aug. 26.

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    Aug. 18, 2022. THE TERRITORY, out tomorrow, was featured on "Democracy Now" this morning with Amy Goodman interviewing director Alex Pritz and the two main people in the film, Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, the young Uru-eu-wau-wau leader, and activist Neidinha Bandeira, both in New York for promotion of the film, which was held in Central Park. Click above for this timely coverage and the interesting interviews.
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    THE FRONT LINES OF THE END OF THE WORLD — AND THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE AMAZON



    Aug. 28, 2022.
    This is the headline for a story in THE INTERCEPT today by Andrew Fishman about Alex Pritz's THE TERRITORY and where things are now with the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau indigenous people, the settlers, and the administration of right-wing Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro. Notably, polls show the general Brazilian population supports protection of the Amazon lands. There are signs that leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is more popular than Bolsonaro and may win reelection, which will be a break for the Amazon and the plenet. Below is the beginning of Fishman's piece. The rest of it can be found HERE.

    A SOLITARY MAN wades through lush tropical rainforest as a rich chorus of birds and insects chirp all around him. Then: a chainsaw, a tree crashes down, and a barren expanse with dozens of cattle corralled tightly together. The opening frames of “The Territory,” a new documentary from director Alex Pritz, lay out the two clashing visions for the future of Amazon rainforest without using any words at all.

    “The only thing that’s saving our planet is our rainforest,” says Bitaté, a young member of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous people, in the film. “I believe the Amazon is the heart not just of Brazil, but the whole world.”

    "The Territory," which is showing in select U.S. and Canadian cities, chronicles the perilous efforts of Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau like Bitaté to defend their ancestral home as white settlers seek to illegally slash and burn the forest and turn it into pasturelands. The forest is officially protected by the Brazilian government, but Pritz shows how far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and the Brazilian state’s hostility toward Indigenous people emboldens the land thieves.

    The film is very timely. Brazil is gearing up for highly polarized presidential elections in October. And, with the climate emergency exploding across the globe, environmental and Indigenous concerns remain in the spotlight, particularly following the brutal assassinations of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon in June.

    Cattle ranching is the leading cause of Amazon deforestation, which has increased at a dramatic rate in recent years, much of it illegal. So much of the rainforest has already been cut down that scientists believe we are on the verge of an irreversible tipping point. The Amazon also serves as an essential carbon sink in the fight against climate change and generates the rainfall that supports almost all life on the South American continent. Ranching, as well as mining, logging, and factory farming — embraced by politicians and bankers as agents of “economic progress” — are driving us ever closer to an environmental (and socioeconomic) catastrophe.

    “THE TERRITORY” WAS shot on the front lines of an active war zone almost 500 years after the conflict began, following the arrival of the first Europeans in search of gold. No nuclear weapons are involved, but the conflict has the potential to dramatically alter the course of life on Earth.
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    THE TERRITORY and awards season.... Dec. 12, 2022 release from their publicist reports:

    GOTHAM AWARD NOMINEE
    Best Documentary Feature

    THREE TIME CRITICS' CHOICE NOMINEE
    Best First Documentary Feature | Best Cinematography | Best Science/Nature Documentary

    SEVEN TIME CINEMA EYE HONORS NOMINEE

    Outstanding Nonfiction Feature | Outstanding Production | Outstanding Cinematography | Outstanding Score | Outstanding Sound Design | Outstanding Debut | Audience Choice Prize

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