We Are Guardians
Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, Edivan Guajajara | Brazil | 2023 | 82 mins
Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, Edivan Guajajara | Brazil | 2023 | 82 mins
Winner Best Documentary, Raindance Film Festival 2023
Green Film Award, Cinema For Peace 2024
Winner Public Award, Mostra São Paulo International Film Festival
Green Film Award, Cinema For Peace 2024
Winner Public Award, Mostra São Paulo International Film Festival
A powerful and moving documentary that follows Indigenous forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé as they fight to protect their territories from deforestation, an illegal logger who has no choice but to cut the forest down, and a large landowner at the mercy of thousands of invaders and extractive industry. Through intimate, character focused storytelling, the film brings the issues to the forefront — from the science of the Amazon Rainforest and its pivotal role in our global climate stability to the economic drivers of deforestation.
The film weaves together politics, history, economics, science, and consciousness, providing an in-depth exploration of this incredibly complex and critical situation — the origins and the impact of which ripple out far beyond the boundaries of the Amazon itself. Directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman; produced by Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens and executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.
