When I read about the work that Neidinha Bandeira, the activist at the centre of this film, was doing, I felt really inspired and moved by her courage and bravery. Q: What inspired you to go into the Amazon and bring to the screen the situation of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people and the invasion of their territory?ĪP: The Amazon is one of the most important ecosystems in the entire world - for climate change and for the people that live there, the indigenous people. The films that I’m interested in making are about our relationship to the natural environment, but from the perspective of people who are actually living in these situations and giving it more context than the academic setting often allows for. Q: How important was it for you to study environmental science and philosophy to become an environmental filmmaker?ĪP: For sure, my background in environmental science, philosophy, agriculture has informed the way that I want to make films. In this exclusive interview, Alex Pritz shares his creative process in the making of The Territory : The Territory is visually magnetic in the way it serves as an immersive on-the-ground look of the juxtaposition betwixt the Indigenous, the farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon, who have different perspectives on the way the rainforest should be managed. The film powerfully portrays the land of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, the indigenous people of Brazil living in the state of Rondônia. The picture, produced by Darren Aronofsky, has continued to travel around the festival circuit, gathering more accolades and is being distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films. His recent work as director, The Territory, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Awards and the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award. He worked as a cinematographer on the feature documentary The First Wave, directed by Matt Heineman, as well as on films such as Jon Kasbe’s When Lambs Become Lions, and My Dear Kyrgyzstan. Alex Pritz is a filmmaker based in New York, whose cinematic sensitivity allows him to weld humanism and ecology in a remarkable way.
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