Si les chamans cessent de danser et que la vie dans la forêt tropicale perd son équilibre, le ciel tombera et écrasera tout ce qui se trouve en dessous. Cette sagesse est transmise dans l’Amazonie brésilienne à toutes les générations de Yanomami. Cependant, les chercheurs d’or polluent les rivières, les chamans meurent, la forêt tropicale périt et la terre se réchauffe. Davi Kopenawa, chaman, chef et porte-parole reconnu des Yanomami, lutte contre ces menaces depuis plus de 40 ans. Il ne cesse de parcourir le monde pour défendre son peuple contre une colonisation sans fin. Les Blancs comprennent-ils que la chute du ciel n’écrasera pas seulement les Yanomami ?

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.