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  • 2022
  • PG
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
  • 1 h 25 m
The Territory

Summary The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film takes aud...

Directed By: Alex Pritz

  • 2022
  • PG
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2022
  • PG
  • National Geographic Documentary Films
  • 1 h 25 m

The Territory

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film takes aud...

Directed By: Alex Pritz

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
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5% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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95% Positive
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5% Mixed
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100
Aug 19, 2022
Pritz has managed to make this often abstract and far-away subject feel anything but removed. It’s urgent, desperate and terrifying and the words of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau ask us not to look away.
By Amil Niazi FULL REVIEW
90
Aug 18, 2022
To see the villagers take matters into their own hands, capturing proof of the encroachment on their land that the government chooses to ignore, is a special kind of thrill.
By Claire Shaffer FULL REVIEW
90
Jan 29, 2022
Its strength lies in the way it offers intimate access to people on several clashing sides of the situation, making for a complex, layered and thoughtful examination.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 4, 2022
A must watch.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 18, 2022
It assuredly can’t be easy for a filmmaker to choose whether to leave viewers motivated by warmth or woe. Yet your capacity to be both awed and enraged is ultimately well-served by “The Territory,” a gripping portrait of an endangered community for whom nature is both their precious environment and the facet of humanity that can all too easily be turned malicious.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 22, 2022
The filmmaker’s default setting is to tell each person’s story with dignity, a significant achievement that goes a long way.
By Bob Strauss FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 19, 2022
This is a frustrating documentary, in that it honors the work of its subject with wide-screen cinematography and leaves-crunching sound design, but as a viewing experience cannot shake the overall feeling of a dirge.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Associação Jupaú do Povo Uru-eu-wau-wau, Doc Society, Documist, Passion Pictures, Protozoa Pictures, Real Lava, Time Studios, XTR
Release Date Aug 19, 2022
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating PG
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Website https://films.nationalgeographic.com/the-territory
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
• 4 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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