Brazil-France 2025 season: meeting/debate on Amazonia at the André Malraux Library

As part of the Brazil-France 2025 Season, the André Malraux Library is hosting a meeting-debate on June 19, 2025, around the film "La Chute du ciel", to reflect on the threats facing the Amazon and its peoples.

Would you like to dive into the heart ofAmazonia? Head for the Bibliothèque André Malraux for a meeting/debate on the occasion of the Brazil-France 2025 Season, on Thursday June 19, 2025. Entitled Amazonie : une forêt en danger (Amazonia: an endangered forest), this new Jeudis de l'actualité event, combining cinema, ecology, anthropology and political commitment, invites you to reflect, exchange and question yourselves around the documentary film La Chute du ciel (The Fall of the Sky), byEryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha. The film is inspired by the book of the same name by Davi Kopenawa, a Yanomami shaman and emblematic figure of indigenous resistance in Brazil.

The evening will be hosted by two expert voices: Stéphen Rostain, archaeologist and director of research at the CNRS, specializing in pre-Columbian Amazonia, and Thierry Méranger, film critic at Cahiers du Cinéma and teacher with a passion for image education.

An immersion in the heart of the Amazon rainforest and its invisible struggles

Following the screening of the documentary, we invite you to join us for an enlightened discussion, punctuated by cross-analyses from Stéphen Rostain, whose fieldwork in French Guiana, Surinam and Ecuador offers a unique archaeological perspective on the transformations of the Amazonian territory, and Thierry Méranger, whose cinematic expertise sheds sensitive light on the representation of indigenous struggles on screen.

An event to enjoy with friends, family or enthusiasts

This evening is aimed at all those who are curious, passionate about documentary cinema, environmental geopolitics, or simply want to better understand what is happening thousands of kilometers from Paris, but which concerns us directly. Whether you're a teacher, a student, an activist, or simply looking for new perspectives on our relationship with nature, this event promises to be as instructive as it is moving.

Do you wonder how indigenous peoples perceive the forest? About the mechanisms of its destruction? About the power of cinema to bring invisible causes to light? Then this is the evening for you. Don't miss this engaging and immersive event, combining cinema, science and collective reflection on a territory that is vital to the future of the planet: theAmazon. Ready to find out more during the Brazil-France 2025 Season?

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