RECKONING is a feature documentary that exposes the systemic corruption and criminal networks driving the Yanomami crisis in the Brazilian Amazon. Through the perspectives of a relentless federal prosecutor and a young Yanomami activist, the film unravels the political and private interests fueling illegal gold mining and environmental devastation. As they navigate the scale of destruction, their investigation reveals the high stakes of indigenous survival and the legal battles against those profiting from exploitation. RECKONING confronts the fight for indigenous rights, the erosion of protected lands, and the urgent struggle to safeguard the Amazon’s ancestral world.
Producer: Charlie Rosser
Co-Producers: Insight Film (UK) & Babel Docs (France)
Support from the Catapult Film Fund Development Grant 2023: https://catapultfilmfund.org/films/Reckoning/
Hot Docs Forum 2024: https://www.screendaily.com/news/hot-docs-forum-unveils-19-pitch-projects-vying-for-cash-prizes/5191559.article
Sheffield Doc Festival 2024: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/project/reckoning
Support from the Catapult Film Fund Development Grant 2023: https://catapultfilmfund.org/films/Reckoning/
Hot Docs Forum 2024: https://www.screendaily.com/news/hot-docs-forum-unveils-19-pitch-projects-vying-for-cash-prizes/5191559.article
Sheffield Doc Festival 2024: https://www.sheffdocfest.com/project/reckoning