The Territory (2022 film)

The Territory
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlex Pritz
Produced by
  • Alex Pritz
  • Darren Aronofsky
  • Sigrid Dyekjaer
  • Will N. Miller
  • Gabriel Uchida
  • Lizzie Gillett
Cinematography
  • Alex Pritz
  • Tangai Uru-eu-wau-wau
Edited byCarlos Rojas Felice
Music byKatya Mihailova
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • January 22, 2022 (2022-01-22) (Sundance)
  • August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) (United States)
Running time
86 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Brazil
  • Denmark
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • Tupi-Kawahiva
Box office$70,093[2][3]

The Territory is a 2022 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Alex Pritz. It follows a young Indigenous leader of the Uru-eu-wau-wau people fighting back against farmers, colonizers and settlers who encroach on a protected area of the Amazon Rainforest. Filmed on location in Brazil from 2018 to 2020, the film utilizes almost exclusively on-the-ground, primary source material, including footage produced directly by the Uru-eu-wau-wau. Darren Aronofsky serves as a producer under his Protozoa Pictures banner.

The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022. It was released in select cities in the United States and Canada on August 19, 2022, by National Geographic Documentary Films and Picturehouse. It was shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature category,[4] and won Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking at the 75th Emmy Awards. The film received critical acclaim for its cinematography and for the authentic portrayal of rising tensions between Indigenous peoples and settlers in contemporary Brazil.

  1. ^ "Sundance Film Festival 2022 Program Guide" (PDF). Sundance Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Territory". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Territory (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and. "95th Oscars Shortlists Announced for 10 Categories". A.frame. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2024-03-16.