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The Amazon is not merely a location in Yanuni; it is a battleground, a verdant labyrinth where moral clarity is devoured by the canopy. In this chaotic theater stands Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief whose resolve is the film’s unyielding center.

Director Richard Ladkani frames her struggle not as a simple environmental plea but as an intimate noir, a portrait of one woman’s war against a hydra of political corruption and resource gluttony. Her husband, Hugo Loss, operates as the narrative’s blunt instrument, leading an environmental agency’s armed incursions.

As Brazil’s political tides shift from the overt hostility of one regime to the bureaucratic mire of another, their mission becomes a complex navigation of compromised ideals. The fight is for the land, but the stakes are crystallized in a single name, Yanuni, their daughter and the living symbol of a future that must be wrested from the shadows.

In 2009, 18-year-old Juma Xipaia announced that her destiny would be “fighting for the Indigenous cause. Standing up for my people. My life,” she added with understated prescience, “is going to be one of struggle.” Just six years later, she became the first female chief of the Middle Xingu, in Brazil’s Amazon basin. Since then, she has led a movement for international protection of the Amazon, survived half a dozen assassination attempts, studied law and medicine, served as Brazil’s first Secretary of Indigenous Rights, and become a mother. She is currently 34 years old.

For five years, documentarian Richard Ladkani (“Jane’s Journey”) embedded himself and his crew with Juma and her husband Hugo, the head of Special Operations for Brazil’s Epa. Though she is the primary focus, the result is an inspiring portrait of two undeniably remarkable environmental advocates. We are by their side as they experience both unexpected highs and devastating lows,...

Few environmental documentaries begin with quite the urgency that “Yanuni” does. Even fewer blend political thrills with meditative visual poetry, but Austrian director Richard Ladkani strikes this balance with an even hand in his intimate chronicle of Juma Xiapaia, a brave Indigenous activist in Brazil and the first woman elected chief in the Amazon’s Middle Xingu region.

A fierce figure usually seen with tribal face paint and a feathered headdress, Juma is introduced through archival news clips from 2009, in which the smiling but forceful teenager commits to the Indigenous cause, claiming she’s ready to die for her people. Six assassination attempts later, the now-adult chieftain appears during a 2021 demonstration outside the National Congress Palace in Brasilia, which turns violent when riot police open fire on protesters. Juma and the camera are both near enough to the chaos to see muzzle flashes up close. This is just one of...

Ben Affleck LA Spit, Jennifer Garner Rumors(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Ben Affleck is back in the headlines, but this time, it’s not about his love life—well, not entirely. Over the weekend, the Hollywood A-lister was caught mid-stride in Los Angeles, launching a full-fledged spit missile onto the pavement while out with his son, Samuel.

That’s right! Affleck, casually clad in his signature brooding dad attire consisting of a gray zip sweater, white tee, dark jeans, and navy boots, made sure his aim was precise, expertly dodging his kid before letting it rip.

ben affleck and his youngest, sam, went book shopping today in LA! (mar. 15th)...

J.Lo & Ben Affleck Settle Divorce (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have officially put rest to all the Bennifer 2.0 scuttlebutt, with the duo parting ways and settling their divorce just five months after Lopez filed to end their two-year marriage.

ben affleck and jennifer lopez at his home today (jan. 5th) in brentwood, los angeles. pic.twitter.com/5GKZZCnJDO

— juma (@gxslings) January 5, 2025

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Will Get Whatever They Individually Acquired

Reports reveal that the former couple will retain the individual assets acquired during their marriage.

Affleck’s stake in Artists Equity, the production company he co-founded with Matt Damon shortly after their wedding, remains his. Lopez prepares to drop Affleck from her last name once the divorce is finalized on February 20.

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Created by Joel Surnow and first released in 2001, 24 set the standard for great action TV, following the life of CTU agent Jack Bauer as he defends America against terrorist threats. Suffering a series of tragedies and losses along the way, the hero racked up one of the highest body counts of the genre, as well as some of the most intense moments on TV. Thanks to the show's real-time format, audiences are able to follow Jack and other characters every step of the way, with rarely a dull moment on screen.

24 delivered audiences some of the greatest TV villains of the 2000s, from corrupt politicians to international terrorists, all of whom pose a threat to American security. The series never lets up on drama or tension, thrusting its heroes into increasingly high stakes missions, even bringing the United States to the brink of nuclear war. Considering how extreme some of the attacks were,...

The first images for the Spanish youth terror film, El Hombre del Saco (The Bag Man), have arrived now that the film has wrapped up filming. The film has been directed by Ángel Gómez Hernández (Voces) and was produced by Ignacio Cucucovich, Álvaro Ariza (The House of Snails), Juma Fodde and director Gustavo Hernández (The Silent House and Virus 32). That’s a pretty great list of films they have produced. What’s more impressive is that Spanish horror icon Javier Botet ( [•Rec] and Alien Covenant) will play the Bag Man. He will be joined by the equally if not more impressive Macarena Gómez (30 Coins, Shrews Nest...

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Oz) and Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) are set as leads opposite Charles Babalola in Showtime’s King Shaka drama series. Additionally, Terry Pheto (Tsotsi) and Lerato Mvelase (Justice Served) will recur in the series executive produced by Antoine Fuqua.

Rooted in actual events, King Shaka tells the story of the Zulu Empire founder Shaka (Babalola) and his unlikely rise to power, uniting multiple tribes across vast stretches of Africa in the early 19th century to transform his power into legend, on par with history’s most seminal figures. The outcast son of a Zulu Chief, Shaka is a visionary who is prophesized to become a king like none before him. In ferocious battles that test the body and soul, in alliances that test the bonds of love and friendship, a complex sociological system plays out that renders the human cost front and center, for the victors as well as the vanquished,...