A dying tribe with 560 people fights to keep their soul while borrowing the tools that could erase it.
The film shows the daily life of indigenous village Piyulaga, home of Waurá tribe --an ethnicity of 560 people who live at Xingu Park in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It also reveals how the indigenous community keeps its traditional culture while incorporating habits and technologies from the “white”.
Cinematography
Patient observation that lets moments breathe without intrusion.
Direction
Jungle's refusal to romanticize or condemn—just witness.
Director
Tadeu Jungle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Waurá's population collapse (from thousands to 560) mirrors hundreds of Amazonian tribes erased by disease and deforestation since 1900.
Director Tadeu Jungle spent three years living in Piyulaga before filming, a rarity in ethnographic documentary where 'parachute' crews dominate.
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