We Fight For This Land: Ka'apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil

Cahal McLaughlin; Siobhán Wills

We Fight For This Land: Ka'apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil

Cahal McLaughlin (Director)
, Siobhán Wills (Director)

School of Arts, English and Languages

Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Abstract

Quilombo and Indigenous Ka’apor communities in the Amazonian state of Maranahão, Brazil, are facing multiple forms of ecoviolence, from cattle and soya farmers taking over their lands to structural and political violence with the police and state government systems working in favour of landowners.

This documentary film follows the lives of two communities in the Amazon state of Maranhão, Brazil, who are resisting ecoviolence and attempting to retain their traditional, and more sustainable, life systems. The Quilombola community – descendants of escaped slaves – in Boa Hora3/Manorama have been living off the land for generations. The Ka’apor Indigenous community have been resisting settler violence since the beginning of colonisation. They face ongoing ecoviolence in the form of assassinations of their leaders and landgrabbing by local farmers.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Belfast
Publisher	Ulster University
Size	62 minutes
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 15 Life on Land
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Ecoviolence
Amazon
indigenous
Quilombola
resistance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences

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1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)

We fight for this land
McLaughlin, C. & Wills, S., 06 May 2025, Mind the gap: borders, limits and frontiers. Reid, A. & Surace, V. (eds.). Berlin: DeGruyter, p. 51-61 10 p.
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We Fight For This Land: Ka'apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil

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