Summary
In The Territory, the film gave me goosebumps due to the authenticity of the documentation. It was unfortunate how the indigenous leader had to fight for his own land of the Amazon rainforest against the Brazilians. Acknowledging that the Amazon rainforest was in danger for the past few years, I felt as if this film really represented environmentalism and saving nature instead of profiting from it. As indigenous groups are considered minorities and at the same time, face issues of purposeful avoidance among other classes of people, their bravery is always prevalent throughout any situation they encounter.
As their lives were recorded every day, we were watching real reality, not actions upon scripted lines. Unlike our lifestyles today where we live in cities and in places of convenience, we saw that the indigenous people were living in the wild, on their own circumstances. Having the ambition to fight for their own moral notions was truly astonishing to me, but still, I was upset at how they’d have to end up fighting for their own land. Just like our humanity’s history of wars and conflict of land, it was almost as if history keeps repeating itself. To this day, it is. We see Russia bombing Ukraine for land. Ultimately, land had been the main asset for years. However, the indigenous don’t consider their lands to be assets, they consider it to be their homes, and that’s how it should be.