Keep the impact growing. We’ve added a selection of WaterBear films to the series that spotlight the communities and efforts driving forest restoration around the world. Every minute you watch continues to plant and protect trees.
~ Curupira ~ is the story of a powerful Amazonian goddess told through the voices of the Borarí people from the heart of the forest in Pará, Brazil.
She is the all powerful guardian of all living beings in the forest. And while she is generous and benevolent in her gift… Beware! If you disrespect her home, her punishments are merciless.
Her warnings are more relevant than ever in a contemporary reality where the forces of agri-business, logging and mining are decimating the forest faster than we can protect it. Her story reminds us that it is time to listen, respect and rekindle a more balanced relation to nature if we wish to protect our common home.
Up Next in Season 1
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Mame Coumba Bang
Introducing Mame Coumba Bang, a volatile, shapeshifting spirit living among the people of Saint-Louis in Senegal. For many years, she has lived in harmony with the community, protecting them from the dangerous currents - but outsiders who do not pay tribute should beware. In a city that could be ...
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Mother of the Sea
This short film tells the legend of The Mother of the Sea - a tale that virtually every Inuit from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic knows in some form or another. This is a "living story", it's not about the past; this story is taking place right now. Updated with plastic trash and climate change...
