This short documentary exposes the current mass deforestation
of the Brazilian Amazon and the damages collateral to it.
Engendered within a long history of economic interests deeply
related to theagricultural and extractive businesses, which
see Western countries as substantial beneficiaries of such a
demand, deforestation is contrasting preservation rights.
Infractions leave clear signs on the landscape, which satellites
record and easily detect. Moreover, these clues are available to
any civilian who has access to off-the-shelf software such as
Google Maps or Google Earth and, therefore, experienceable
unmediated. In this way, nature becomes a witness to its
perpetrators.
This documentary investigates how settler dynamics and
fraudulent land appropriation manifest on the
territory and what are the sociopolitical driver that makes this
possible. It aims to bring attention not just to the natural loss
and its consequent damage to the world climate but, above all,
to its effect on smallcommunities and local tribes.
The outcome was designed to display evidence in a way that
could serve in a courthouse environment.