Raoni Metuktire

Acting1932 (94)Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Raoni Metuktire (born in 1932), also known as Chief Raoni or Ropni, is an Indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist. He is a chief of the Kayapó people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries. He is internationally famous as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous culture.

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2024The Chief's Call: Inheritance, Land, and FutureMovieas Self
2023Raoni, Uma Amizade ImprovávelMovieas Self
2014Índio Cidadão?Movieas Self
2006The Hills of DisorderMovieas Self (archive footage)
1978RaoniMovieas Self