Films
Crisis Point
As bulldozers and cattle ranchers encroach further into their territory the Ayoreo of Paraguay ar...
“They killed my dad that day”
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an Amazon Guardian, foresees his own death in this moving video filmed b...
Seeing (PSA 30 sec)
There are many different ways of living on this planet, who's to say their way is best?
#SullaPelleDegliAyoreo
Survival has filed a formal OECD complaint against Italian company Pasubio, which supplies leathe...
Rainforest or no rainforest?
Amazon Guardian Taniaky Tenetehar shows us the glaring contrast between the forests of the Ararib...
"The illegal miners killed two Yanomami"
While most Yanomami have some sporadic contact with mainstream society, some are uncontacted. Ind...
"We're trying to reclaim our land"
Smith Moeti, an #Indigenous Bushman from #Botswana, speaks in front of the Court of Appeal about ...
"The people are being made to live in hell"
Surender Oraon, an Oraon Adivasi [Indigenous] leader, speaks in front of the Magadh mine, which h...
“Our world gets snatched away”
Surender Oraon, an Oraon Adivasi [Indigenous] leader from Jharkhand, central India, speaks about ...
Anoushka Shankar joins the battle to save Indigenous forest
Anoushka Shankar is standing with the #Indigenous people of #India. They’re fighting devastating ...
"We have to face those monsters"
In Brazil, the Munduruku, Yanomami and Kayapó are among the Indigenous peoples most affected by i...
#Kemanusiaan yang terhormat
#Kemanusiaan yang terhormat, Kita punya masalah: Perusahaan-perusahaan penyebab polusi dan para ...
“He is the sixth Guardian killed”
Olimpio Guajajara, #Indigenous leader and Amazon Guardian, responds to the killing of fellow Guar...
"I am here in resistance"
On June 5 2022, Bruno Pereira & Dom Phillips were killed. Before he died Bruno left us this mess...
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“The 30% [plan] is a dispossession of land and a land grab”
The plan to turn 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas is the biggest land grab in history, a dis...
Busted: 5 myths about uncontacted tribes
Natalia Tena, star of Harry Potter & Game of Thrones, busts the 5 most common myths about unconta...
Shocking violence against the Maasai
Shocking violence happening now in Loliondo, Tanzania - military firing on Maasai, who are being ...
The Falling Sky
Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa talks about his book The Falling Sky (2010)
"My home is not yours to destroy"
Do you need teaching resources for younger learners on the Amazon Rainforest and the 1 million tr...
"Our land is our heritage"
Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, speaks about what the proposed mining bill would mean for his people.
Davi and the Yanomami
Amazonian shaman and leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami on his tribe's life and land, shamanism and hi...
"Every inch of our lands is being placed into the hands of the Corporates”
Munda Adivasi (Indigenous) leader, Dayamani Barla, has spent decades defending the rights and lan...
Q&A of “Nyama” – Film Screening
We had the opportunity to screen the beautifully made short-film Nyama and answer a lot of questi...
#TierraAyoreo
Urgent! The Chaco forest in #Paraguay, home to uncontacted Ayoreo, is being cut down faster than ...
#DearHumanity
#DearHumanity, We have a problem: The most polluting companies & governments are promoting a dang...
“We can live with elephants but not with mining”
Ummeshwar Singh, a village headman, has been protesting along with his village to save their sacr...
"Nearly everyone from the Wajãpi tribe died"
RIP Kaspirina Wajãpi, who died of Covid at the beginning of this year. We recorded this moving i...
"They shouted 'shoot, shoot, shoot' and shot me"
Basava from the Jenu Kuruba tribe in #India has been shot by forest guards. He’s alive and speaki...
“We can save the Earth... but they just want us dead”
Massive coal mining is destroying the lands and lives of Adivasi people in India, and is set to i...
"I don't want another massacre"
Dario Yanomami from the Hutukara Yanomami Association reports that some uncontacted Yanomami rela...
“They’re invading our home, with all these false promises”
Straight from COP26, Alessandra Munduruku stresses that without Indigenous peoples, there’ll neve...
Conservation: US Congress hearing
WWF came under sustained attack during the congressional hearing to investigate human rights abus...
Yes or No, WWF?
WWF have been accused of deceit, cover-ups and dishonesty in a US Congressional Committee hearing...
When the miners came
Indigenous territories are being mined and destroyed without Indigenous consent. This is both an ...
“What would we get from mining? Nothing at all”
We asked Indigenous peoples from across the world what they thought about mining on Indigenous la...
“There are ways of killing us... and ways of not letting us live”
Since 1500 the Indigenous peoples of Brazil have been resisting genocide. It's still going on – i...
"Brazil was born of the rape of Indigenous women"
Violence against women is everyone's concern. Nyg Kaingang, from the Kaingang people in Brazil, e...
"They are harassing us saying 'this land doesn’t belong to you anymore'"
Amarlal Baiga’s land has been stolen to make way for a tree planting project – part of an offsett...
“Our sacred place has been mined and destroyed"
Balsai has been fighting to save his beloved Hasdeo Forest from mining for years. One coal mine h...
"We protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity, yet we are the most vulnerable"
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
“We need to throw these conservationists out of our forests”
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
“We don’t accept the Time Limit Trick”
The Awá have a very simple message for Brazil’s Supreme Court, direct from the Amazon: “No to the...
"There is no conservation without the intervention of Indigenous peoples"
In the run-up to the ground-breaking #OurLandOurNature congress, we asked leading experts and act...
"We must distinguish between real solutions and false solutions, such as carbon offsets"
In the run-up to the ground-breaking "Our land, our nature" congress, we asked leading experts an...
"There is another alternative to conservation"
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
"The main problem we, Indigenous peoples, see is that nature is being traded"
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
“There is a conflict between an aim that sounds wonderful and the reality that already exists”
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
Deforestation around Xingu Indigenous Park
The Xingu Indigenous territory in Brazil is a barrier to deforestation.
"We protect 80% of the planet's biodiversity, yet we are the most vulnerable"
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
Exclusive: illegal road constructed inside uncontacted tribes' territory
This exclusive footage shows the devastation and destruction brought by an illegal road in #Indig...
“The police are targeting us for defending our land and forest rights"
The Dongria Kondh tribe won an historic victory in 2013, defending their sacred mountain, their w...
"We are in control of identifying ourselves"
Trisha Moquino, an educator and cheerleader for her people from Cochiti, Ohkay Owhingeh, and Kewa...
"I want our children to carry on our languages"
Trisha Moquino, an educator and cheerleader for her people from Cochiti, Ohkay Owhingeh, and Kewa...
"Let’s fight against this false conservation!"
Do you think turning 30% of the Earth into Protected Areas will help stop climate change? And nat...
Venezuelan military open fire on a group of Pemon Indians
The shooting took place on 22 February 2019, near the border with Brazil.
"No to the Time Limit Trick, and Demarcation Now!"
More than 6,000 Indigenous people have been in Brasilia, urging the Supreme Court to throw out th...
“If they kill them, there won’t be anyone left”
A unique appeal from Rita Piripkura, the only person from Brazil’s Piripkura tribe in regular con...
Karapiru's story
Karapiru, who died recently of Covid, survived a massacre in which the rest of his family were ki...
"They came to destroy our grandparents' cemetery"
Indigenous people in Paraguay are being violently evicted from their lands. Guillermina Benítez, ...
Do Kenya's parks protect "wild Africa"?
Mordecai Ogada debunks the myths surrounding national parks & Protected Areas. Yet big NGOs & wo...
Who are the Sentinelese?
The Sentinelese are the most isolated tribe in the world, and have captured the imagination of mi...
”The Time Limit Trick is a gun held to our head”
Woie Kriri Patte, of the Xokleng people, explains why, if the Time Limit Trick is approved by the...
Thank you! - Run for Survival 2021
From May 28-31, all over the world, hundreds of you took a step further for tribal peoples by joi...
"We’ll keep fighting until we get back what is ours"
Shanti is speaking at the Jenu Kuruba’s protest against evictions from Nagarhole National Park in...
Mayflowers Kill
400 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plimoth Patuxet, (settler) colonialism continues a...
Uncontacted Ayoreo-Totobiegosode see their forest destroyed around them
The forests of the Paraguayan Chaco - home to the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode and their uncontacted rela...
“They filed false legal cases against six of us”
JK Thimma, a shaman from the Jenu Kuruba tribe in India, has fought for his people’s right to liv...
Uncontacted Tribes and Land Protection Orders - the hidden story
The Brazilian government is planning to open up the land of uncontacted tribes to deadly exploita...
Paulette describes abuses against Baka people committed by park rangers backed by WWF
The Baka tribe of the Congo have experienced horrific human rights abuses at the hands of WWF-fun...
“Their lives depend on our lands being protected”
Porai Picanerai and Ducubaide Chiquenoi, two leaders of the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode tribe, speak out...
“Lessons in how to hate yourself, your identity and your culture”
Adivasi writer and publisher, Ruby Hembrom, dissects the aims underlying Factory Schools and expl...
"A white person is no better or worse than me"
Tainaky Tenetehar, an Amazon Guardian, talks about racism, the Black Lives Matter movement and it...
The Big Green Lie
If you support the plan to turn 30% of Earth into Protected Areas, you’re supporting the biggest ...
The Big Green Lie - teaser trailer
Teaser for our new campaign video, launching on Earth Day (22 April). Do you care about this pla...
"Our uncontacted relatives are being persecuted"
Orojoi Etacore and Esoi Chiquenoi, recently-contacted men of the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode tribe in Pa...
WTF WWF
The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) are complicit in land theft in Republic of Congo. Learn more:...
Suzanne explains how Baka people are being excluded from the forests they rely on to survive
The Baka tribe of the Congo have experienced horrific human rights abuses at the hands of WWF-fun...
"Schools cannot exist without land rights"
Indigenous activist Célia Xakriabá talks about the importance of Indigenous-led education, beyond...
Myanmar: Abuses in a WCS-supported park
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) initiated & supported a national park in Myanmar where fo...
Guarani Kaiowá torture victim recounts brutal attack
In March 2021, Guarani Kaiowá men were brutally attacked by gunmen of the Querência ranch, midwes...
Hidme Markam: arrested for speaking out
The violent arrest of Hidme Markam, an Adivasi (Indigenous) and women's rights activist, from a W...
An appeal from the rainforest
Survival's 1989 campaign to secure land rights for the Yanomami.
“We’re back home and we won’t leave”
The Xokleng were one of the Indigenous peoples in southern Brazil who were violently forced off t...
Make a rainforest shelter!
The Baka are literally right at home in their rainforest – no surprise they're the best conservat...
Launching: Tribal Voice
Your platform to speak to the world. Send in your video today! Learn more: https://www.survivalin...
Please join the movement today
Oscar-winning actor & Survival Ambassador Mark Rylance makes an urgent appeal for Survival Intern...
"Our children are being taken away from our soils, lives and struggle"
Krushno Sikoka, a youth leader of the Dongria Kondh tribe of Odisha, India, explains why ‘mainstr...
How to make an eco-backpack
The Awá don’t need any lessons in sustainability: watch how they turn leaves into an eco-backpack...
“Our resistance is strong”
Edilena Krikati, of the Krikati people, outlines the situation of the Indigenous lands of Maranhã...
Why uncontacted tribes face genocide
Survival's Sarah Shenker explains why #UncontactedTribes face genocide, despite protecting the m...
Missionaries target uncontacted tribes
Disease isn't the only thing that #missionaries can spread in Indigenous territories. Now they'r...
Survival’s former Director Stephen Corry's message for Earth Day
"Can we put aside the terrible idea that humanity is a virus infecting the Earth? Biodiversity re...
"My people have always protected the forest"
"We consider ourselves to be among the best protectors of the lungs of the planet." Amazon Guardi...
Tribal peoples' lives are being destroyed in India
Tribal peoples across India are having their lives destroyed by conservation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀...
We must #DecolonizeConservation now
Tribal peoples are being illegally evicted from their ancestral lands in the name of "conservatio...
"There are rampant evictions"
Pranab Doley, an activist and local politician from the Mising tribe, speaks out against illegal ...
“We’re fighting for everyone”
Antonio Wilson Guajajara outlines the fight that Indigenous forest Guardians are taking on to pro...
Before and after: deforestation in the Amazon
Just look how the Ituna Itata territory in #Brazil is being destroyed. Uncontacted tribes live he...
The Hall of Shame: conservation’s racist history
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), owner of the Bronx Zoo, has a dark history of abuse of t...
“The conservationists came to abuse me at my house”
A Baka man from Lobeke National Park (Cameroon), speaking out against the abuses he faced at the ...
"They have the nerve to call us poor"
The Guarani Kaiowá are among the Indigenous peoples worst hit by land theft – past and present – ...
In defense of the uncontacted Kawahiva
Jair Candor has worked for over 30 years to defend the lands of uncontacted tribes. Jair and his ...
"'We will kill you' - that’s what they say"
Amarlal, a young Baiga man, explains that his people have been harassed and threatened with evict...
"They said that we should ask their permission to worship in our own forest"
Imagine being told you can’t worship in your own home. This is what happened to a group of Chenc...
“There is violence, we all face attacks everywhere”
Listen to Eliseu Guarani’s plea for support as Brazil’s Supreme Court judges prepare to rule if t...
“Think first of our blood that will be spilled on this land”
Pro-agribusiness politicians are pushing the "time frame" proposal which states that if Indigenou...
Silence is Complicity
Warning: contains material some may find disturbing Actor Simone Black outlines just some of the...
Silence is Complicity
Warning: contains material some may find disturbing Actor Cristina do Rego reads from a report d...
Island of Green
The Amazon Guardians sacrifice their lives to protect the #Amazon & their uncontacted neighbors f...
Silence is Complicity
We asked Oscar-winner Mark Rylance to read from a UNDP report that details the human rights abuse...
A murder foretold
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, an Amazon Guardian, foresees his own death in this moving video filmed b...
“We are against forceful and illegal evictions”
Pranab Doley, an activist from the Mising tribe, speaks out against planned evictions from Kazira...
"Is this 'development'?"
Quechua activist Melania Canales slams large-scale "development" projects and extractive industri...
"Do they want to kill us?"
Awá Indigenous people from the north-eastern Amazon raise the alarm that drones and helicopters –...
"We need to be united to fight this disease"
Coronavirus has already killed hundreds of Indigenous people in Brazil and could decimate unconta...
“We’ve had enough of this talk of ‘boundaries’ in the forest”
WWF and the European Commission say they are not aware of human rights violations in the creation...
“We must decolonize conservation”
Listen to Yannick Ndoinyo, a Maasai man from Tanzania, to understand why Protected Areas have had...
Act Now: Amazon Fires
“Starting fires is an act of violence against nature and Indigenous peoples” Too right! Watch to...
“We are very worried for the lives of our uncontacted relatives”
Coronavirus is spreading fast through the Javari Valley, home to more uncontacted tribes than any...
“They forced us to sign documents and evicted people”
JK Thimma describes how Ullas Karanth (who worked for The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Ind...
“You must stop buying Blood Gold”
Dario Kopenawa Yanomami appeals to the people of India to stop buying gold mined from his people'...
"We urge the Peruvian government to act fast"
The President of ORPIO (Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East) Jorge Perez Rubio in Peru...
"They want our children to hate their own culture"
Adivasi activist and teacher Soni Sori sets out her vision for Indigenous-controlled education an...
"Wildlife is our life"
Leela, a young Chenchu man from Amrabad tiger reserve in India, desperately wants his tribe prote...
"They live in trees": what Factory School founder thinks of Indigenous people
Warning - Offensive Content: This man runs the world's biggest #FactorySchool for Indigenous kids...
“We’re bringing colors to the Indigenous movement”
One of the founders of Mídia India and a member of the Guajajara tribe, Erisvan Guajajara, discus...
WCS: Kick racism out of conservation
What's the link between a notorious racist, the mass eviction of tribal people to turn their land...
“We are victims of the big conservation NGOs”
Birendra Mahato, from the Tharu tribe in Nepal, explains how Indigenous people are victims of Chi...
Virgin Forest
The Batak of the Philippines reveal the devastation caused to their land by illegal loggers and r...
Davi Yanomami on climate change
Indigenous peoples are on the frontlines fighting climate change. Listen to Yanomami leader and s...
“We cannot send our children away”
Dodhi Pusika, a leader of the Dongria Kondh tribe of Niyamgiri, India, on the Indigenous-controll...
“We cannot let the colonizers get rid of us”
The uncontacted Ãwa Indigenous people of the "Papaya Forest" on Brazil's Bananal Island are surro...
Missionaries target uncontacted tribes
President Bolsonaro has opened up the territories of uncontacted Amazon tribes to evangelical mis...
Tribute to Paulo Paulino Guajajara
Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed by invaders in Arariboia Indigenous territory. He was one of t...
"We are living miserable lives"
This Jenu Kuruba woman and her family were evicted in the name of conservation from their forest ...
"Our lives were good, really good!"
This Jenu Kuruba woman, was evicted from Nagarhole Tiger Reserve in india. She talks about life i...
"We need more women in power"
Joênia Wapichana is Brazil's first Indigenous Congresswoman. In this video, she talks about what ...
Napo-Tigre uncontacted tribes
Uncontacted Indigenous people living in the Amazon border area between Ecuador and Peru are threa...
"We're in this together"
Ma-i and Olimpio from the Guajajara people in Brazil express solidarity with their Indigenous bro...
"Enough blood has been shed"
President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on the Indigenous peoples of Brazil. In this video, young ...
50 years fighting alongside tribal peoples
To mark our 50th anniversary, a tribute to our supporters. You ARE the global movement for tribal...
"Life is beautiful"
Barbara, an Indigenous Wayuu leader from La Guajira in Colombia, is receiving death threats. She ...
"They would drug our daughters"
Factory schools are destroying countless tribal lives the world over. In this video, a parent sha...
"We demand justice for our daughters"
Factory schools are destroying countless tribal lives the world over. In this video, a parent sha...
The Guardians of the Amazon
The Amazon Guardians are a group of brave, inspirational people putting their lives on the line t...
“We are heavily targeted by agribusiness”
Discrimination, “development” projects, mining, deforestation... In this video, Jeremias, from th...
"Thank you for fighting alongside us”
Ernestina, an Indigenous leader of the Makuxi people from Brazil, has a message of gratitude for ...
"President Bolsonaro: stop your hate speech"
President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on the Indigenous people of Brazil. Adriano, from the Kari...
“Climate change isn’t a thing of the future"
The movement for the climate is gaining traction all over the world. In this #TribalVoice video, ...
Actress and Producer Q'orianka Kilcher appeals for people to support Survival
Actor and Producer Q’orianka Kilcher explains why Indigenous land rights are the key to protectin...
"Our greatest enemy is the government"
President Jair Bolsonaro has ‘declared war’ on Brazil’s Indigenous peoples. But they are fighting...
"We can't afford to wait much longer"
In the 1970s and 80s, American fundamentalist New Tribes Mission (NTM) helped organise ‘manhunts’...
“Which jungle has been made by the government?”
Budraham, a Baiga activist from India, opposes government plans to turn their forest into a tiger...
"Only we villagers know what’s happening"
Earlier this year, India's Supreme Court ordered the eviction of 8 million tribal and forest dwel...
Uncontacted Awá in the Amazon © Mídia Índia
Extraordinary new footage showing some of the most threatened uncontacted peoples in the world ha...
“They’re killing us with pen and paper”
President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on Brazil’s Indigenous peoples. Activist Celia Xakriabá sh...
“The Paraguayan government should be ashamed”
The Indigenous Ayoreo have been fighting for their uncontacted relatives and their land for 40 ye...
"Our hills are like our parents to us"
In this video from India, a Baiga man shares what the hills mean to him and his people. Indigenou...
Factory Schools: crimes against children
Two million tribal and Indigenous children are in Factory Schools today. Lives are destroyed and ...
"President Bolsonaro is a threat to Indigenous people"
President Bolsonaro has “declared war” on the Indigenous people of Brazil. In this Tribal Voice v...
“If the jungle is taken away from us how will we survive?"
Kunni Bai, from the Baiga tribe in India, describes how the jungle provides them with all the med...
Baka people in Congo call out WWF for telling tales
WWF claim that the Baka "know that WWF is on their side". We asked some Baka people if they agree...
“Gunshots have been fired”
The Indigenous Guardians of Arariboia in the Brazilian Amazon are protecting their land and the u...
"They want to kill us all"
In 2018, Brazil led the world in rainforest destruction. Tainaky Tenetehar is a Guardian of the A...
"For the Orang Asli land development spells destruction"
The Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia have had much of their land stolen for deforestation, oil p...
Robin Hanbury-Tenison speaks at our 50th birthday party
Robin Hanbury-Tenison, one of the founders of Survival International, makes a speech at Survival'...
Survival Ambassador Mark Rylance speaks at our 50th birthday party
Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance, a Survival International Ambassador, makes a speech at Survival...
Mya-Rose Craig, AKA Birdgirl, speaks at our 50th birthday party
Mya-Rose Craig, AKA Birdgirl, makes a speech at Survival's 50th birthday celebration.
Survival's former Director Stephen Corry speaks at our 50th birthday party
Stephen Corry, former Director of Survival International, makes a speech at Survival's 50th birth...
Zembla investigation into WWF abuse
A Dutch TV programme called Zembla conducted a new investigation into WWF's practices, revealing ...
Olimpio says thank you to Survival International
Olimpio Guajajara says thank you to Survival International and its supporters for 50 years campai...
Tribal Voice – Marcio Guarani
Tribal Voice is a project by Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ righ...
There You Go!
Created by Oren Ginzburg and narrated by David Mitchell.
Tribal families evicted for "tiger conservation"
Moving first-hand accounts by the residents of Jholar village in Kanha tiger reserve, who have no...
Uncontacted tribes
Join the global campaign for uncontacted tribes' rights, today: https://www.survivalinternational...
Quentin Blake
The artist and illustrator talks about his support for Survival. Get involved: https://svlint.o...
Tribes from the air
Tribes from the air
Proud Not Primitve
Indigenous peoples are proud, not primitive.
ILO 169: the international law
Across the world, tribal peoples' lands are being stolen and their communities devastated. ILO Co...
Life in a bubble?
The Zo'é are one of the most isolated of all contacted tribes in Brazil. But are the authorities ...
Ancestral Lands
Having spent nearly two years camped at the side of the road, this Guarani community want to retu...
Uncontacted Chaco
A special report from the Paraguayan Chaco. Recently contacted Ayoreo people are worried for the ...
The Things They Said
The extinction or assimilation of tribal people has been predicted for over 500 years. Wrong then...
An Appeal from Judi Dench
Actress Judi Dench makes an appeal on behalf of Survival International. Get involved: https://sv...
Death at Devil's Bend
An eyewitness account of the violence that erupted after the Peruvian government decided to break...
An appeal from Richard Gere
Filmed in 1995, Richard Gere explains why he supports Survival International.
Colonialism vs. Conservation
People have been comparing big conservation with colonialism... do they have a point?
Baka abused in the name of conservation
The Baka tribe in Congo have suffered human rights abuses at the hands of WWF-funded park rangers...
Stop The Con
Find out why Tesia cares so much about stopping the conservation con, and what she did to launch ...
BBC: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve
Tribal people living around Kaziranga face arrest, beatings, torture and death under the park’s n...
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve
Evictions from Achanakmar Tiger Reserve have been taking place since 2009. The evicted Baiga now ...
Kanha Tiger Reserve
A Baiga man from Kanha Tiger Reserve in India describes why his tribe must be allowed to remain o...
World Rhino Day: A message from Kaziranga
Pranab from the Mising tribe in Kaziranga National Park in India explains why it's so urgent that...
"They beat me, pounded up chilli pepper and rubbed it over my body"
The Baka tribe in the Congo Basin are accused of poaching when they hunt to feed their families. ...
BREAKING: uncontacted Kawahiva caught on camera
The Kawahiva were caught on camera in a chance encounter with FUNAI workers. This is some of the ...
The Last of the Kawahiva
Watch this video narrated by Mark Rylance who spearheaded our global campaign to ensure the prote...
The Last of his Tribe
This video shows the last of his tribe: a man whose entire family and people were wiped out by vi...
BREAKING: Uncontacted Awá footage
Images filmed during a chance encounter. © Guardians of the Amazon Uncontacted tribes are the mo...
Guardians of the Amazon
The Guajajara Guardians explain why they need your support to help protect the Amazon and their u...
Awá: people and animals
The Awá tribe have an extraordinarily close relationship with their pets: most families have many...
Burning truck of illegal loggers
Introducing: Tribal Voice
Tribal Voice: unheard voices, unique perspectives. More than one hundred and fifty million men, ...
Dr Mordecai Ogada on "The Big Conservation Lie"
Dr Mordecai Ogada introduces the case against big conservation organizations in his new book: how...
Uncontacted tribes
There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes around the world. They aren’t primitive relics...
"His voice is not silenced"
In this emotional interview, Marcos Verón's daughter-in-law tells Survival researcher Fiona Watso...
Beast with Metal Skin
In 1994 a bulldozer driver clearing the forest at night was attacked out of the darkness. Althoug...
"It was beautiful here"
An Enawene Nawe man tells of his anguish over the deforestation of his tribe's territory by ranch...
Poachers
Jarawa denounce poachers who invade their land. This group was filmed as they voluntarily came ou...
"No people is better than another."
Two Brazilian Indigenous people from Raposa-Serra do Sol, Jacir José de Souza and Pierlangela Nas...
A Tragic First Contact
Jorge, a Murunahua man who lost his eye when he was shot by loggers during first contact, recalls...
The Evidence
The Peruvian government has denied they exist but the evidence is irrefutable. In this short vide...
"Our land is our heritage"
Leader and shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, speaks about what the proposed mining bill would mean f...
"Blood flows for our land"
Gunmen hired by Paulo César Quartiero, a local farmer and politician, attack a Makuxi Indian comm...
Behind the Lies
Due to the mounting tribal protests and international criticism of their actions in Orissa, India...
Vengence of the Yakairiti
Brazil's Enawene Nawe rely on the forest and the rivers. How will their ancestral spirits respond...
"We live for our Niyamgiri"
The Dongria Kondh have lived in Niyamgiri for thousands of years and their lifestyle and religion...
"Not even this handful of soil"
The Dongria Kondh explain why they vehemently oppose the building of a mine on their land and wha...
On the Run
The Awá are one of only two nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil but their forest is dwi...
CNN: Sentinelese
After the tsunami in 2004, CNN covered the survival of the Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands and...
Tribes of the Andamans
An introduction to the tribes of the Andaman Islands. Learn more: svlint.org/whoareuncontacted
Sacred Sites
Short documentary revealing how Indigenous Australians prepared their claim for land rights.
Encounters with the Uncontacted
Two Peruvian men share their account of seeing an uncontacted tribe. Learn more: svlint.org/unco...
Let the Innu Live
In support of the Innu, protesters climbed to the top of Nelson's Column in London to reveal a me...
Massacres in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
An investigative report by World Television News into the terrible violence inflicted upon the Ju...
'Development' comes to the Enxet
Most of the Enxet of Paraguay are now exploited as laborers by the very cattle ranchers who stole...
Indigenous Australians meet the Maasai
In a show of solidarity, Indigenous Australians met with the Maasai in Kenya to share their exper...
Surviving Canada
An extract from a documentary examining the terrible effects that years of injustice have had on ...
Kenya's Castaways
Short film looking at the negative effects Kenya's 'development' processes have had on the Ogiek.
Massana - Moments in Play and Ritual
Short documentary studying the use of roleplay by the Yaka 'Pygmies' in their social rituals. © J...
Swidden Farming
The Batak of the Philippines rely on their traditional farming methods. Tribal peoples are the be...
A Poison to the Penan
The Penan of Sarawak express anguish over the logging of their land.
Vedanta Smokescreen
Just as the pilgrims 'bought' Manhattan from Indigenous peoples for a handful of trinkets, Vedant...
Uncontacted Tribes
There are more than one hundred uncontacted tribes around the world. They aren’t primitive relics...
"We're doing all we can to help our uncontacted relatives"
Danger’s closing in on the uncontacted Ãwa Indigenous people of the ‘Papaya Forest’ on Brazil’s B...
Contact and Death in the Amazon
Brazil's uncontacted tribes are being devastated by disease, but there is hope. Learn more: https...
Most Isolated
On India's remote Andaman Islands, the world's most isolated tribe has lived alone for up to 55,0...
Black Oil, Red Gold
Peru's uncontacted tribes are facing the gravest threat in their history as loggers and oil compa...
The Akuntsu's Last Dance
In a small patch of rainforest in Brazil, the last survivors of a genocide dance. Act now to #St...
From the Kalahari to Court
The extraordinary story of how the Bushmen of the Kalahari took their government to court and won...
Doris Pilkington's Bushmen Appeal
Doris Pilkington Garimara, the Aboriginal author of 'Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence', speaks about...
The Bushmen on BBC News
In August 2002, John Simpson reported for BBC News from the Kalahari and from the new eviction si...
In the Stomach of the Dragon
Documentary made by Small World Productions about the impact of the Grasberg copper and gold mine...
The Eviction of the Bushmen
A film crew from Carte Blanche, a South African investigative TV programme, were the only indepen...
The Grasberg Mine
BBC report on the tension and violence long associated with the Grasberg copper and gold mine in ...
The Hunt
The Nukak are expert hunters. In this extract from 'Nukak-Maku: the last forest nomads', filmed i...
An Appeal from the Penan
Extracts from Gaia Films' "Into the heart of the last paradise", including an appeal from the Pen...
Roadblocks and Chainsaws
This feature from ITV's Go for Green looks at the impact of logging on the Indigenous people of S...
"Soya is killing us," say vegetarian tribe
ITV News report from the Brazilian Amazon on the devastating effects of soya farming on the Enawe...
Awá feature on BBC Four
BBC reporter Mike Donkin investigates the increasing invasions into Awá land perpetrated by logge...
Gene Hunters
An extract filmed in an Arhuaco village from Gene Hunters, a documentary about the Human Genome D...
Before Columbus
This extract from the documentary Before Columbus, shows how the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, ho...
Mobil Explore for Oil
This WTN report looked at the controversy surrounding Mobil's exploration in the Peruvian Amazon,...
Contact Mission Sentinelese
Footage from one of many government attempts to establish contact with the Sentinelese by fosteri...
The Bushmen: A Special Report
Television journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts explores the political and economic reasons behind the ev...
Documentary: Endangered Jarawa
A documentary by Journeyman Pictures, filmed at a time when the Jarawa were losing their fear of ...
The Mursi and their cattle
An extract from Granada TV's Disappearing World trilogy on the Mursi. This clip, taken from the f...
A Mursi Ritual
In this extract from the Disappearing World film 'In Search of Cool Ground', the Mursi stage a ri...
Wrestling Contest
The Nuba are famous for their wrestling contests. This clip, filmed in 1991 and taken from 'Kafi'...
Contact Expedition
Film of a government contact mission to the Jarawa. Until 1998, the Jarawa resisted contact with ...
Environmental Destruction in Siberia
Presented by Richard Dawkins, this extract from the BBC's Human Rights, Human Wrongs series, look...
Two Worlds of the Innu
An extract from the documentary, 'Two Worlds of the Innu'. Tribal elder Pien Penashue drums and s...
Survival's Greenwashing Award
Is presented to Yaguarete Porá S.A. for dressing up the wholesale destruction of a huge area of t...
Last of the Bo Tribe Sings
Boa Sr, the last member of the Bo tribe, who died in January 2010, sings.
"Before we knew it, we'd all caught pneumonia."
The Matis of Brazil recall the devastating impact of first contact. Learn more: svlint.org/uncon...
Contacting the Korubo
An unique video clip showing FUNAI (the Brazilian Indian Affairs Department) making contact with ...
Singing and Dancing
The Dongria Kondh of Orissa, India dance.
Brutal Evictions
Ogiek houses were torched and smashed in the latest wave of evictions. Two Ogiek who lost their h...
The Gunmen
A Guaraní community describe the threat posed by gunmen, hired by the ranchers who stole their la...
"One must have courage"
Despite living through years of injustice, racism and violence, the Guaraní people are resilient ...
A message from Lodu
Abducted Dongria Kondh leader Lodu Sikaka speaks out against Vedanta Resources's proposed mine.
Forest Beekeepers
'Conservation' measures threaten Kenya's Ogiek tribe with eviction from their forest home.
Torture in West Papua
Most of this video is unsuitable for general viewing. Broadcasters can contact Survival for furth...
On the Edge
Brazil's Awá tribe rely on their forest home for survival but intensive logging poses a serious t...
Akuntsu's Last Dance
In a small patch of rainforest in Brazil, the last survivors of a genocide dance. Learn more: sv...
Indonesia's brutal attack on West Papuan rally
Shocking scenes of Indonesia's brutal suppression of a West Papuan rally on October 19 2011 ©SBS...
Lost Forever
The late Boa Sr talks in Bo (her native tongue) and Hindi about her dying language. © Anvita Abbi...
Visiting the well
After 10 years of fighting for their right to stay on their land and have access to water, the Bu...
Timber Thieves
Footage, shot by Brazilian government officials, of trucks illegally taking timber from the Awá t...
Recently contacted Awá
Recently Contacted Awá speak about their experiences in the forest and after contact. Learn more ...
The long train
One of the world’s longest trains passes Awá land. Mining giant Vale wants to expand the tracks s...
From the Omo Valley
A Mursi woman speaks out against the destruction of the tribe's crops. Her identity has been hidd...
Lodu's Message
Dongria call on mining company Vedanta to leave ahead of AGM
Message to Anil Agarwal
The Dongria tell mining company Vedanta's chairman to leave them in peace.
Channel 7's 'racist' infanticide report
Dangerous rubbish: visiting the Suruwaha is “literally time-travelling back 10,000 years”; “threa...
Message from the Awá
An urgent demand for help from earth's most threatened tribe. #StopBrazilsGenocide svlint.org/Br...
Karapiru Awá: In his own words
Karapiru remembers the tragedy that befell his family. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://...
Karapiru Awá: In his own words
Karapiru hid from the outsiders. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternatio...
Karapiru Awá: In his own words
Karapiru approaches the outsiders. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternat...
Karapiru Awá: In his own words
A man of the forest. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternational.org/arti...
Karapiru Awá: In his own words
The sole survivor. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternational.org/articl...
Karapiru Awá: In his own words
The reunion. Learn more about Karapiru's life: https://www.survivalinternational.org/articles/kar...
"When they found him, he was dead."
Dilia's husband was murdered and tortured more than 22 years ago. His killers still evade justice...
Matsés tribe
Matsés woman Antonina Duni Goya Nesho talks about her son's future. Learn more: https://www.surv...
Time is running out for the Awá
An urgent message from the Awá tribe. #StopBrazilsGenocide svlint.org/BrazilGenocide
Lodu Sikaka
Dongria Kondh leader's refusal to allow the mining of Niyamgiri. © KBK SAMACHAR, 2013
Uncontacted Matsés
The Matsés tribe are concerned about oil exploration in their territory. Learn more: https://www....
Earth's most threatened tribe: the campaign triumphs!
Brazil's government bows to the global campaign and expels all illegal loggers. Learn more: http...
The Awá tribe
Film about Survival's successful campaign to protect the Awá's land made by the BBC.
The dark side of Brazil
Kayapó leader Megaron Txukaramae talks about the draft bills that threaten to weaken Indigenous p...
Interview with Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire
Raoni talks about threats to uncontacted tribes in Brazil and the impacts of the controversial Be...
A talk by Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa
A talk by Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa.
Baka suffer abuse in the name of conservation
In southeast Cameroon, Baka and their neighbors are being illegally forced from their ancestral h...
"We are humans too"
Guarani leader Eliseu Lopes describes his tribe's quest to return to their ancestral land.
Bayaka and Baiga speak out about abuse in the name of "conservation"
Powerful video testimonies of Bayaka “Pygmies” in the Republic of Congo highlight their intimate ...
"Maybe we will die"
Kwegu Indigenous people in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley report in 2015 that they are starving as a...
Baka call on WWF to stop funding anti-poaching squads
In this film, recorded in November 2014, Baka from Ndongo, a village where WWF has a regional bas...
Irahoa's Story
Soon after first contact, Irahoa Awá recounts his life on the run in the forest.
Baka plead for an end to abuse in the name of conservation
In southeast Cameroon, Baka and their neighbors continue to be illegally evicted in the name of c...
Pire'i Awá – Success!
Pire'i Awá describes life for his people in the north-eastern Amazon rainforest, after Survival's...
NO to PEC 215!
Adalto Guarani asks people around the world to help stop plans which could destroy Indigenous peo...
Baka reports abuse by wildlife guard Mpaé Désiré and others
A Baka man, interviewed in 2015, reports abuse by Cameroonian wildlife guard Mpaé Désiré. Mpaé D...
Human rights abuse and trophy hunting in Cameroon
An elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by French billionaire Benjamin de Rothschild h...
Baka father speaks out against WWF-funded abuse
A Baka father talks about how an anti-poaching squad beat his young daughter, who was just 10 yea...
Baka person speaks out as girl dies in the name of conservation
The Baka are being illegally evicted from their ancestral homelands in the Cameroon and Congo. T...
Baka person speaks out against destructive loggers
Some of the world's largest logging groups are destroying the Baka's ancestral forests in the Con...
Bronx Zoo organization complicit in abuse of the Bayaka
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which is one of the world's oldest conservation organiza...