The Standing Forest - Bá Kájmã Ãm

With firm steps in the forest, Takaknhotire Kayapó searches for seeds that fall from centuries-old chestnut trees near the Xingu River, in the Kayapó Indigenous Land (TI). The seeds inside the pits serve as food and a source of income for communities in the region, in the southeast of Pará.
At 75 years old, Soldier, as Takaknhotire is called, has already seen many changes in the territory of his people. Therefore, he knows well what he wants and, above all, what he doesn't want for the small village Kamoktidjam, which he himself founded in 2016 with his family. “One day I went to look for açaí and there was no more, the wildcat gold miners cut down all the trees”, laments Soldado.
The Kayapó IT was most affected by illegal gold mining in the last five years in Brazil. Between 2018 and 2022, the territory lost 13,700 hectares of forest due to deforestation caused by irregular mining, according to a Mapbiomas survey.
However, not all local indigenous villages resisted the onslaught, as they did when the Soldier won. In some of them, wildcat miners bribe families to access the territory. According to the residents themselves, few people benefit from the money.
This is the context covered by the documentary “The Standing Forest - Bá Kájmã Ãm”, produced by Repórter Brasil, with support from The Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) and Journalismfund Europe.
Datasheet
The Standing Forest - Bá Kájmã Ãm (2024 | 18 minutes)
Direction and Screenplay: Hyury Potter
Executive production: Carlos Juliano Barros
Director of photography: Fer Ligabue
Assembly and finishing: Pedro Watanabe
Assembly Assistant: Vinicius Silvestre
Post-Production: Candela Filmes and Pomodoro Studios
Design and Motion Coordinator: Willer Carvalho
Produced by: Repórter Brasil

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