We Are Guardians (Somos Guardiões) | Official Trailer (2025) English

Coming to theaters in Spring 2025!
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, thousands of people are unlawfully encroaching upon protected lands, devastating centuries-old trees for export and exploiting rare resources. It's a critical issue that impacts us all. Enter Indigenous Brazilian forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and impassioned activist Puyr Tembé. They stand as unwavering sentinels, fighting tirelessly to shield their home from the relentless march of deforestation. Alongside them, we encounter an illegal logger, trapped in a desperate struggle to make ends meet, who sees no alternative means of survival, and a determined landowner, committed to preserving the rich ecosystem within his property, relentlessly seeking answers from local authorities, yet met with silence. Through this tapestry of perspectives, we see the economic connections to markets that link goods derived in the Amazon region to consumers around the world.



This is the powerful narrative at the heart of We Are Guardians — a story of hope and resilience amidst an unfolding crisis. Directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara, and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman, and produced by Academy Award winner Fisher Stevens with Leonardo DiCaprio serving as Executive Producer, the film isIt's an exploration of the human spirit and our collective responsibility to protect the fragile balance of our world. Ultimately illuminates the path forward, where hope and unity can guide us toward a brighter future for the Amazon and our planet.

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This film is a real caricature on the situation in the Amazon which suffers from the corruption of these so-called « caciques and guards » in the service of multinationals. For example, the Guajajaras territories are very linked to drug trafficking, with as one of the main leaders of these criminal factions the own brother of Sonia Guajajara, current minister of povos indigenas, who continues to call for free sale drug. As demonstrated by the recent CPI, the parliamentary commission of inquiry of the Brazilian Senate, these NGOs and these leaders are the armed wing of a new form of colonization of the Amazon by multinationals.
It is not surprising that Sonia Guajajara refused to respond to the summons from this CPI, which promised serious revelations. But this is only a postponement because this CPI should soon meet for a second investigative session on the crimes and corruption of these NGOs.