Watch this short video to learn how to watch the film and to support indigenous communities in the Amazon.
- Watch Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth for 48 hours
- Access a Free Talk from our 3-Day Online Event with Amazonian Leaders
- Receive a downloadable workbook
- Support the Indigenous communities featured in the film
Suggested minimum donation $20
no one will be turned away for lack of funds
- Unlimited streaming of our 5 current films: Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth, In The Circle of Life, If An Owl Calls Your Name, Mauri, and The Eternal Song
- Full 12 companion films, each from a featured community, released every two months
- 10 recorded sessions from In The Circle of Life premiere event
- 15 recorded sessions from the Owl Event
- 15 recorded sessions from the Mauri Event
- 70+ recorded sessions from all our live gatherings with Elders and knowledge keepers
- Audio files & full transcripts of each session
- Extended interviews & behind-the-scenes conversations
- The original film soundtrack
- Two-year access to your private library
- Monthly community gatherings to stay connected
- Discussion groups to share reflections, questions, and resources
The Guardians
Guest Speakers & Wisdom Keepers
Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth Global Online Journey Schedule
Live Talks and Q&A with Amazonian Leaders
DAY 1
Zaya Benazzo and Maurizio Benazzo
Film Communal Screening
Aldira Akai, Indigenous Leader of Sawré Muybu Village
Rilcelia Akai, Indigenous Leader of Sawré Muybu Village
Cacique Juarez, Indigenous Leader & Chief of Sawré Muybu Village
- Indigenous sovereignty in the Amazon and the global responsibility to protect Indigenous lands.
- The battle to defend the Tapajós River from illegal mining and environmental destruction.
- The risks and threats faced by those on the frontlines defending their territories.
DAY 2
Alessandra Munduruku, Indigenous Leader & Environmental Activist
Alessandra Munduruku, Indigenous Leader & Environmental Activist
Beka Munduruku, Indigenous Leader & Founder of Daje Kepap Epy Audiovisual Collective
- Indigenous mobilization confronting legal and political threats to Amazonian territories.
- Cinema and audiovisual storytelling as tools of Indigenous resistance and sovereignty
- The power of Indigenous movements in defending land, rights and collective futures.
Sônia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
- The living weight of colonialism on indigenous communities in Brazil
- What it means to hold the fight from inside the government and from the ground at the same time
- A vision for Indigenous peoples and what is our responsibility
DAY 3
Vandria Borari, Borari Artist and Activist
Leila Borari, Co-founder of the Suraras do Tapajós Indigenous Women’s Association
Diego Godinho, Artist and Biologist
- Art as a living practice sustaining Indigenous knowledge and cultural memory.
- Myths, ancestral narratives and cosmologies shaping Indigenous ways of seeing the world.
- How song, image and story carry what cannot be written down
Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Founder and Executive Director
Secretary Puyr Tembe, Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará
Célia Xakriabá, Federal Deputy for the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Indigenous women on the frontlines of climate justice
- Leadership rooted in kinship, ceremony, and living relationship with land.
- What genuine solidarity asks of the rest of us.
How Your Contribution Supports Indigenous Communities
In The Spirit of Reciprocity
Thanks to the generous support of the SAND community, we successfully raised essential funds to address the immediate needs of the Munduruku people in Sawré Muybu.
SAND is a nonprofit organization under section 501.c.3 of the US tax code. Its headquarters are on the unceded ancestral territories of Coastal Miwok and Southern Pomo Land in Sebastopol, CA. We thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
Your donation will go 100% to the village and it is tax-deductible.
If you’d like to send a check or a bank transfer, please contact us for more details.
With Katô: Dreams of Dark Earth, at least 50% of the funds we receive—after covering costs—
are directed to Indigenous-led initiatives in the territories where we filmed.
When you donate to watch the film, you help support the following project:
Housing for Indigenous Students
Housing for Indigenous Students
R$15,000 (~USD 3,000) Many students from other villages travel to attend high school in Sawré Muybu and currently do not have a stable place to stay while studying. The community would like to build a simple lodging space so that young people can continue their education without having to leave their territory and face the social risks often encountered in nearby cities.
Backup generator for the community
Backup generator for the community
R$23,000 (~USD 4,600) The village primarily relies on solar panels for electricity. However, during the rainy season sunlight becomes scarce and the community is often left without reliable power. A generator would provide essential backup electricity during periods of low solar energy.
Solar inverter for Aldira Akai’s house
Solar inverter for Aldira Akai’s house
R$4,000 (~USD 800) The inverter that powers Aldira Akai’s home recently burned out. Replacing it would restore the solar system that supplies electricity to her house.
The Eternal Song
12 FILM SERIES
The Eternal Song
LAND: EARTH
92 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
70 Minutes • WATCH NOW
If an Owl
Calls Your Name
LAND: Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en (CANADA)
92 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
In the Circle
of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
75 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Katô: Dreams
of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
76 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
81 MINUTES • COMING May 26 – 28, 2026
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
COMING 2026
Kupuna ʻĀina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
COMING 2026
Flowers of The Earth
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
COMING 2026
Maasai
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
COMING 2027
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
COMING 2027
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
COMING 2027
See other films from SAND:
The Eternal Song
LAND: EARTH
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
If an Owl Calls
Your Name
LAND: UNIST’OT’EN YIN’TAH (CANADA)
In the
Circle of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
Katô:
Dreams of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
Kupuna ʻĀina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
Flowers of The Earth
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
Maasai
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
See other films from SAND:
12 Films & 70+ Talks and Teachings
from the Following Wisdom Keepers & Elders
from the Following Wisdom Keepers & Elders