The event aims to raise awareness for the cause of the indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá communities in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), who have struggled for the demarcation of their ancestral lands and for the respect of their human and minority rights. According Vincent Carrelli, who directed the film along with Ernesto de Carvalho and Tatiana Almeida, the present situation of the Guarani-Kaiowá in Brazil is the most critical in over a hundred years of struggles with the government and agricultural interests.
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The screening follows a fact-finding mission organized by UNPO in December 2016 and the conference at the European Parliament entitled “The Guarani-Kaiowá and the Assault on Indigenous Rights in Brazil”, which takes place on 30 May.
To read more about the conference: unpo.org/article/20097
