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 ...

Premiering in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the documentary spends time with the Yanomami people of the northern Amazon as they prepare for a sacred ritual and monitor the incursions of illegal miners ...

The severe health care and hunger crisis affecting the Yanomami indigenous people in Roraima state prompted the Brazilian church to coordinate help and to work side by side with government agencies ...

BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — From a distance, the small group lying on the sidewalk outside the city market could be confused with hundreds of homeless people spread through Boa Vista. But they are ...

Brazil is losing the upper hand in its battle to save the Yanomami Indigenous people, who are dying from flu, malaria and malnutrition brought into their vast, isolated Amazon rainforest reservation ...

BOA VISTA, Brazil — Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and this month the federal government declared a public ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOA VISTA, Brazil (AP) — From a distance, ...