BOZ DOC Series: Yanuni

On Thursday, January 8th, at 7pm at the Emerson Center, the Bozeman Doc Series continues with the the Montana premiere of the powerful new documentary, Yanuni.

A vivid cinematic portrait, Yanuni tells the story of Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief from the Brazilian Amazon who rises from a remote village in the jungle to being appointed Brazil’s first Secretary of Indigenous Rights. A fearless defender of her people and the rainforest, Juma has survived multiple assassination attempts while confronting illegal gold miners, land-grabbers, and multinational corporations threatening her ancestral land. At her side is Hugo Loss, her husband and the head of Special Operations at IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental protection agency. As Juma fights on the political front, Hugo leads dangerous operations to dismantle illegal mining camps deep in the Amazon—often under armed threat.