Whether you’re learning Portuguese or just looking for something to watch, Corumbiara is an important film.

The Yanomami languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by the Yanomami people, in southern Venezuela and in the northwestern Brazilian states of Roraima and Amazonas. There are thought to be around 30,000 speakers of Yanomami languages.

Under the corrupt, fascist regime of Jair Bolsonaro, a combination of Covid-19 and illegal logging, drilling, and mining threaten the Yanomami on a daily basis.

Learn about the groups and activists fighting for the rights of the indigenous peoples of Brazil.