Holding Up the Sky

By promoting indigenous peoples as protectors of the earth with Brazilian government officials and by strengthening the message of Davi and Dario, we want their rights, their knowledge, their culture and territories to be acknowledged and protected. By addressing governments and international economic organizations, we want to combat the exploitation of remaining “wild nature” by ensuring better control of the origin of products (palm oil, wood, gold, soy, beef) and a higher tax on extraction, distribution and purchase, both in the South and in the North. But most of all, we want our film to set in movement thoughts and acts amongst a broad audience, to make people question economic growth as a measure of human happiness and progress. We want to encourage a more sustainable use of raw materials and promote an economy that respects people and nature, by appealing to the individual’s responsibility.