CRADLED BY THE EARTH

Directed by Renata Meirelles and David Vêluz
2025 | Brazil | 85 minutes
Kaiowá, Ava Guarani, Baniwa, and Portuguese with English subtitles

Official Selection | Indigenous Voices | USA Premiere

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. | The Clinton Street Theater

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This evocative documentary transports us to the Amazon where we commune with four Indigenous peoples: the Guarani Kaiowá, Guarani Ñandeva, Baniwa, and Khisêtjê. Immersed in their daily lives, the film highlights traditional knowledge and the ways it is passed on to children through play and ceremony. For each of these peoples, nature is alive and inhabited by many souls. At the forefront of this world are the children, who, as one Guarani Kaiowá elder says, embody the continuity of life.