‘It’s our problem’: Brazilian drama brings Amazon rainforest battle to screen

Aruanas aims to make the environment an 'everyday topic' at a time when politics is dominated by the interests of agribusiness

Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, an environmental activist meets with a journalist who warns that a mining company is responsible for a looming environmental disaster. "People are already getting sick," he warns, before promising to bring her documentary proof the next day.

But in the jungle, someone is watching. Driving to their next meeting, the activist hears a phone ringing in the back of her car. She opens the trunk - and finds the journalist's dead body.