Synopsis for the Film

One may stand in the middle of the clearing and see nothing but an arid brown plane where not a single root takes hold. One may perhaps take some time to comprehend that beyond the horizon of this dead clearing lies the magnificent wilderness of the Amazonia. Leonard Cohen’s haunting ballad ‘Hallelujah’ strikes up as a bunch of young people try to reclaim the land back to nature where it rightfully belongs only to be roughed up by the minions of the cartels. Their efforts are razed to the dust under the tires of an SUV but the fight doesn’t end there. The movement has stirred- from the shores of the great Amazon basin to deep into the forests. It is the native people that must claim what is rightfully theirs and for this a historic meeting has been summoned. A boat of volunteers has set sail through the waters of the Amazon- the word has to spread and voices gathered. The journey from inhabitation to inhabitation along the riverbank gives us a rare view of life in these remote lands- with their everyday routines, joys and sorrows. An eclectic band gathers for the meeting and drawing upon the courage, determination and support of each other, a historic decision has to be made. For the sake of their lives, livelihoods and for the Great Amazonia.

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