Teresa de Miguel

Until recently, the Juma seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes. In the late 1990s, the last remaining family consisted of an elderly man and his three daughters. But under the women's leadership, they changed the patriarchal tradition and now fight to preserve their territory and culture.

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Last July I traveled to the Brazilian Amazon and spent three days in the Juma Indigenous land. We met the courageous women who took on the tribe’s leadership role to defend their territory against land-grabbing and illegal deforestation. This is the video I shot and edited (with awesome drone shots by @andrepenner).

Check out the full story with great text by Fabiano Maisonnave in the link in bio.