An indigenous elder from the Watorik-i community says, “You can filme me here, but are you really going to be our ally?” This question connects to one that co-directors Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha had been asking themselves throughout the shoot. The Falling Sky is a documentary about the struggle to defend the Watorik-i community in the Brazilian Amazon. The film opens with a haunting long take of the community, led by tribal shaman Davi Kopenawa, slowly walking toward the camera with firearms, bows, and bundles. Visually sophisticated and formally rigorous, the film deftly mixes a collage of monologues, daily indigenous activities, and observational shots that refrain from exposition, outlining the human connection to the natural ecosystem. The sound design, featuring immersive natural ambient sound, contributes to the authenticity of the film's portrayal of the primal world. The film's refusal to edit or censor opinions or dialogues, and its strategy of juxtaposing night skies and natural landscapes while reflecting the indigenous worldview, highlights the crisis of a world threatened by civilization's encroachment, such as miners coming in for development. In this film, motivated by an anti-European and anti-colonial voice, director Eryk Rocha continues the legacy of his father Glauber Rocha, a mythical figure of Third World post-colonial cinema, breaking down the dualism between human and nature.