The Falling Sky

Name: The Falling Sky
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 7, 2025
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 80

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Kimstim Films | Release Date: March 7, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: In collaboration with Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami people, The Falling Sky follows the Yanomami leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa as he fights to return the world to balance in closely observed rituals and trenchant comments on the ruthless logic of a materialistim outside culture. Illegal logging, gold mining, and the deadly mix of epidemicsIn collaboration with Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami people, The Falling Sky follows the Yanomami leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa as he fights to return the world to balance in closely observed rituals and trenchant comments on the ruthless logic of a materialistim outside culture. Illegal logging, gold mining, and the deadly mix of epidemics these intrusions spread threaten the existence of the Yanomami. Based on an acute understanding of geopolitical forces, Davi Kopenawa holds up a mirror to capitalist societies of “the merchandise people” and the unsustainable lifestyle of the so-called “developed countries” that threatens the survival of humanity as a whole.… Expand

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Carlos Aguilar

Apr 2, 2025

One of the most necessary and scorching pieces of nonfiction storytelling in recent memory, “The Falling Sky” offers no comfort and points fingers with a ferocious righteousness as we stare into the abyss of the inescapable environmental catastrophe so-called “developed nations” have wrought. Read full review

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Apr 2, 2025

The Falling Sky doesn’t spoon-feed you any information; rather, it blows it up your nose. This production, without explanation, works brilliantly in immersing the audience in the electricity of the Reahu ritual. Not knowing what is going on or what is heading towards you instills a discombobulation that allows you to surrender to the void and go with it. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Apr 2, 2025

Filled with beauty and fury, the film offers an immersive portrait of an endangered community. Read full review

The Film Verdict Lucy Virgen

Apr 2, 2025

What we need is for the voice of the Yanomami and other groups fighting for their survival to be heard in the world. The filmmakers are achieving it with this documentary. Read full review

Robert Daniels

Apr 2, 2025

Technically immaculate and marked by sensorial storytelling, it’s also a film whose undeniable style can overwork the simple message it wants to tell. Read full review

The Playlist Ankit Jhunjhunwala

Apr 2, 2025

The Falling Sky, in some ways, is also a time travel movie, as we get to peek into the past and see ourselves in people for whom time has stood still. Read full review

IndieWire Guilherme Jacobs

Apr 2, 2025

Rocha and Carneiro might not equal their subjects when it comes to image-making, but their movie does provide a way for these fantasies to, hopefully, outlive those who seek to wipe them out. Read full review

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