7.8
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We Are Guardians (2025)
We Are Guardians (2025)
Overview
We Are Guardians is a 2025 documentary directed by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara. It follows the indigenous Tembé people in the Brazilian Amazon as they protect their rainforest homeland from illegal logging, combining traditional wisdom with modern technology.
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
We Are Guardians is a 2025 documentary directed by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara. It follows the indigenous Tembé people in the Brazilian Amazon as they protect their rainforest homeland from illegal logging, combining traditional wisdom with modern technology.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The documentary critiques systemic political corruption and economic exploitation driving Amazon deforestation, positioning indigenous guardianship as a vital solution for planetary survival. This advocacy for environmental justice and indigenous sovereignty anchors its progressive ideological alignment.
Filmmakers Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Indigenous co-director Edivan Guajajara gain intimate access to diverse Amazonian forest guardians, centering their authentic voices in the fight against deforestation. The documentary poses whether these native defenders can protect their lands from corporate and political encroachment, framing exploitation as a systemic threat to cultural and environmental equity.
Secondary
We Are Guardians accesses indigenous activists and communities on the frontlines of Amazon protection, adopting an advocacy stance for their resilience against deforestation. It poses the central question of sustaining traditional family and community bonds tied to ancestral lands amid existential threats, portraying family life as embedded in multigenerational guardianship and land stewardship.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes are present in the documentary, which centers on indigenous resistance against environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest.
No transsexual characters or themes feature in the documentary. It centers on Indigenous guardians like Marçal Guajajara combating illegal logging and land invasion, emphasizing environmental and cultural preservation without addressing gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The documentary presents real Indigenous activists Marçal Guajajara and Puyr Tembé as themselves, matching their documented genders, with no adaptations or recasts involving gender changes.
We Are Guardians is a documentary that follows real Indigenous activists Marçal Guajajara and Puyr Tembé as they protect the Amazon rainforest, featuring the subjects themselves without actors or adaptations that could involve race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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6.6
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