Davi Kopenawa is a Yanomami shaman and spokesperson and founder of the Hutukara Yanomami Association. His words rippled throughout the world with the book The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman and Kopenawa continues to advocate for the rights and lives of Indigenous peoples and the future of life on Earth. The following account is produced from a conversation between Davi Kopenawa, Ana Maria Machado, Mariana Machado and Mariana Melo in Boa Vista in March 2022 for the short film Maxita Watimapë: Earth Eaters.
Words by Davi Kopenawa Yanomami. Interview in Yanomam, translated into Portuguese and edited by Ana Maria Machado. Translated into English by Le Guimarães.
