DIRECTION: Alex Pritz
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tangãi Uru-eu-wau-wau
PRODUCTION: Darren Aronofsky, Will N. Miller, Sigrid Dyekjær, Lizzie Gillett and Gabriel Uchida
EDITING: Carlos Rojas Felice
MUSIC: KATYA MIHAILOVA
Synopsis
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 audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wau-wau community and provides unprecedented access to the farmers and settlers illegally burning and clearing the protected Indigenous land.
Alex Pritz is a documentary film director and cinematographer focused on human’s relationship with the natural world. Pritz’s directorial debut, THE TERRITORY, premiered in the World Cinema competition at Sundance 2022, winning both an Audience Award and Special Jury Award for Documentary Craft, making it the only film at that year’s festival to win awards from audience and jury alike. Pritz also worked as a cinematographer on the feature documentary “The First Wave” with director Matt Heineman, and as a cinematographer and field producer on Jon Kasbe’s feature documentary “When Lambs Become Lions” (Tribeca 2018).
FILMOGRAPHY
My Dear Kyrgyzstan (2019)