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BirdWatchers (2008)

BirdWatchers poster
Original title
BirdWatchers - La terra degli uomini rossi
Directed by
Marco Bechis
Genre
drama film
Country
Brazil, Italy
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of Guarani-Kaiowa native Indians struggles to hold onto their ancestral land against a local farmer. The film shows the unraveling of their community as they fight for what was taken from them.

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What happens

Birdwatchers (Italian: La terra degli uomini rossi) is a 2008 Brazilian-Italian drama film directed by Marco Bechis and starring Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, and Chiara Caselli. It depicts the breakdown of a community of Guarani-Kaiowa native Indians whilst attempting to reclaim their ancestral land from a local farmer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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