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Back to the Good Land
De volta a terra boa
Vincent Carelli / Brazil / 2008 / 21 min.
The arrival of the "white man" around the beginning of the 1970s threatened the existence of the Panará tribe of Indians in the Amazon rain forest, as the interlopers brought pollution that led to the natives suffering from new illnesses. In 1973 more whites "helped" them when they moved the tribe a long distance from their home to where the soil is less fertile. The Indians decide, therefore, to demand a return to a place the white man has illegally occupied in order to mine gold. This documentary shows how an ethnic group can fight for their rights and maintain their traditions, which are closely tied to the land in which they are rooted.
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