Join us for a screening of Piripkura – The Last Two Survivors” - followed by discussion and Q&A to help us raise funds for the Free Land Camp – the largest indigenous mobilisation in Brazil.

"Piripkura is a documentary about the last two surviving members of the Piripkura indigenous people, a nomadic tribe in the Amazon rainforest, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The film follows the struggle to maintain their indigenous way of life amidst the region's massive deforestation, whose almost inevitable expansion is taking place through violent means. This area of the rainforest can only keep its protected status if there’s proof that the two Piripkura people are still living there. So Jair Candor, coordinator for the protection of these areas at the time, treks into the jungle in search of them, sometimes accompanied by their sole surviving family member Rita. Through this film, the crew provides proof of the two men’s existence.

Piripkura sheds light on the tragedy befalling indigenous people in Brazil —the systematic violence used against them is a constant menacing presence. Despite the impressive resilience and tenacity of the last of the Piripkura, an inevitable question hangs in the air: how long can it last?"

After the film Brazil Matters and the Observatory for the Human Rights of Isolated and Recent Contact Indigenous Peoples (OPI) @opi.isolados will discuss the largest threats faced by isolated indigenous peoples in Brazil and what needs to be done to guarantee their survival.

The Free Land Camp, or Acampamento Terra Livre (ATL), is the largest mobilisation of indigenous peoples in Brazil which has been taking place every year since 2004, when thousands of indigenous people from different groups across Brazil travel to the capital, Brasília, to demand their rights and publicise their fights.

"THE INDIGENOUS FUTURE IS TODAY, WITHOUT (LAND) DEMARCATION THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY"