By Aimee Gabay The year 2011 marked the first time a land-use restriction order was enforced for the Ituna/Itatá Indigenous ...

The Yanomami are among the largest and most culturally rich Indigenous groups in the Amazon, yet their isolation has fueled ...

The Claudia Andujar bio 'The Outsider' is produced by Maria Farinha Filmes, Latin America’s top impact entertainment company, behind ‘Aruanas.’ ...

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.

From carving nocturnal visions on clay tablets to now journalling on paper and through apps, we have long been fascinated by dreams. And, that fascination is valid, says research, as dreams hold not ...

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based arthouse distributor KimStim has acquired North American rights to feature-doc The Falling Sky, about the threat to the existence of the Amazonian Yanomami people, ahead of ...

Government efforts to evict several thousand illegal miners from the Yanomami Indigenous Territory have so far been insufficient, as organized crime groups work with miners to confront state agents.

Entrancing at times and eventually hard-hitting, Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha’s feature amplifies the voices of Indigenous people speaking directly to those who threaten their existence.

For about the first hour of their documentary “The Falling Sky,” Brazilian directors Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha introduce us to the traditions and ongoing plight of the Yanomami ...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe in relative isolation, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report ...