Indigenous leader Juma Xipaia and her husband risk everything to protect their Amazon home.
One fights in the rainforest. The other in
the halls of power. As Indigenous leader
Juma Xipaia takes her place in Brazil’s
first Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, her
husband Hugo dismantles illegal gold mines
deep in the Amazon. Together, they risk
everything to protect the forest they call
home. Told with remarkable intimacy and
breathtaking scale, “Yanuni” by Austrian
director Richard Ladkani follows a woman
balancing political responsibility, motherhood,
and constant danger.
A film for those drawn to stories of courage and
extraordinary people.
