Producer
Emerson Pontes/Uyra Sodoma
Producer
João Henrique Kurtz
Director
Juliana Curi
Producer
Lívia Cheibub
Producer
Martina Sönksen
Production support
Impact campaign support
Film Details
Runtime: 63 minutes
Format: Feature length film
Doc Society Involvement
Docsoc helped with Production
Docsoc helped with an Impact Campaign
In the country that most kills environmentalists, indigenous and trans people, Uyra is a body that Brazil insists on exterminating. As a drag queen indigenous educator, her existence and resistance foster a grassroots revolution that fights for the education of the native youth and for the preservation of the environment in the heart of the Amazon Forest.
Subjects
Environment LGBT Activism
Awards & Festivals
Awards
Festival Screenings
Reviews
See it because it’s brilliantly made; see it because it’s one of those rare pieces of cinema which could permanently change the way you think.
The Rising Forest is a visual feast. Even the decay of garbage-filled waterways offers a colourful panoply of horror from which it is impossible to turn away, repellent and seductive at the same time.
There is a ton in here and the film allows it all to come to full bloom, from the talking points, to the teachings, to the performances.
It's a remarkably gentle film, and each segment carries a powerful jolt of understanding and emotion.
Uýra is a compelling subject for a documentary and brings a true artist’s eye to their performances.
Uýra: The Rising Forest’s subject is enrapturing, and it does leave me interested in following their and their compatriots’ art in the future. I only wish the documentary about it spent more time showing it and less time trying to tell me about it.
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