Co-directed by documentarian Eryk Rocha and first-time director Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, the immersive Brazilian documentary The Falling Sky (A Queda do Céu), will be released in the US via KimStim.

Described as “a portrait of Indigenous resilience” the documentary played at many of the major international festivals, including Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, and DOC NYC where it won the Grand Jury Prize in Kaleidoscope.

It will open with a one-week theatrical engagement at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City on Friday, March 7, followed by a theatrical release at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles beginning Friday, April 2, with additional cities to be announced.

Inspired by the 2010 book of the same name by Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa—who serves as both protagonist and narrator—and French anthropologist Bruce Albert, the collaborative film gives voice to the remote Yanomami and Watoriki communities as they issue a dire warning to the world: environmental catastrophe is imminent, driven by the greed of industrialized nations.

The Falling Sky follows the Yanomami people as they gather to perform the reahu, a ritual honoring a recently deceased shaman. But an even greater threat looms over them—the relentless advance of miners destroying their land. Through sacred ceremonies and spiritual invocations, the shamans seek to push back against this invasion.

The film’s title—like the book—draws from an Indigenous prophecy warning of apocalypse if the Yanomami and their forest are lost. Rocha and Carneiro da Cunha craft an immersive account of Yanomami daily life and sacred traditions, capturing their profound relationship with time, nature, and the cosmos. Through expansive long shots and intimate moments, they reveal a people confronting ecological devastation with unwavering dignity, righteous anger, and an unshakable bond to their land—while also questioning the intentions of outsiders, including the filmmakers themselves.

Watch the official trailer for The Falling Sky