The Last Forest

No narration, just Yanomami indigenous people vibing in the forest telling us how they lived peacefully before the gold prospectors came along and put their entire existence at risk.

Powerful, devastating, beautifully shot, important, and yet another sad reminder that capitalism & colonialism destroys everything.

Honestly, I couldn't finish it.

I watched the first few minutes of footage of the men and a family and then the tribesmen running off 3 white men gold prospectors.

I expected to see their clothing to be minimal, as their customs have bead works and body paint.

It just bothered me immensely that this dramatized documentary seemingly had probably altered their dress to give them a voice. Seeing these tribesmen in modern day basketball shorts. And yet, the women wore only beads and bands of cloth..... Did the filmmakers change their customary clothing (or lack there or) for our view on modesty? It just immediately & jarringly made me feel 'this feels wrong'.

There are several indigenous peoples in Brazil, each with its own peculiarities and characteristics. This documentary shows as the Yanomami see the issue of ore and "garimpeiros".

Deforestation starts with the gold prospector (garimpeiro), flowed to the wood seller and finally the big farmer, all on the same idea but at different scales of exploration of the Amazon.

Genocide against indigenous peoples has to stop!

It's important to give indigenous communities a voice. They are there lung of the world. They know how earth works as they in harmony with her. Modern men usually don't know the cycles of nature anymore. Hence they don't know the impact of their life style on the planet.

Watching this movie I learned that it is hard to understand the rituals and although I have had some education in regard to indigenous life.

I fear that the message of the movie will not be understood by those who should.

It would help to include in movies like this what rituals they are doing and for what reason.

Including their understanding of spirit and their communication with the other world.

Understatements. Everything I could say about this powerful sharing would be an understatement. It is beautiful, devastating, poignant, hilarious, haunting. It is us. What we should be. I dare you not to see the world and your life differently after watching this.