You're invited to the online release of YasunĂ Man, now available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and Vimeo. If you watch it before September 8th, a portion of the proceeds from each download will go directly to the Amazon Emergency Fund, to provide COVID-19 rapid response grants across the Amazon.
This âmust-seeâ film about the Amazon is a powerful documentary that takes you into Ecuador's YasunĂ National Park â the most biodiverse place on the planet. It is home to the Waorani Indigenous people and the nomadic Tagaeri-Taromenane, who are among the last remaining Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador.
Watch YasunĂ Man to learn about the resistance and resilience deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon, as the Waorani people battle industry operatives and their own government in a fight to survive. Witness the struggle of the people of the Amazon and what may be lost â all for the oil that lies beneath YasunĂ. Experts recently testified that crude oil from the April spill reached YasunĂ National Park.
Stories like last year's historical win for the Waorani provide hope and inspiration for all who fight for the protection of the Amazon. But as long as oil drilling continues on Indigenous lands in the western Amazon, the health of the ecosystem and the communities there remain at extreme risk.
Please watch YasunĂ Man today and support communities across the Amazon affected by COVID-19.
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