Films
The World’s Most Threatened Tribe
Many Awá are still uncontacted, and they are running for their lives.
Uncontacted tribe: extraordinary aerial footage
This is the first ever aerial footage of an uncontacted community
Stranger in the Forest
A short documentary about how first contact affected the tribes of the Amazon.
From the Kalahari to Court
The extraordinary story of how the Bushmen of the Kalahari took their government to court and won.
Video clips
Baka health plummets due to conservation
Baka are illegally evicted for nature conservation and their health plummets as a result
Tribal Voice
Tribal Voice
Bronx Zoo organization complicit in abuse of Bayaka “Pygmies”
The Wildlife Conservation Society is complicit in the abuse of Bayaka "Pygmies"
Baka “Pygmy” speaks out against destructive loggers
Logging is destroying the Baka's ancestral homelands. Why then is the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) partnering with the logging companies?
Baka “Pygmy” speaks out as girl dies in the name of conservation
A young Baka girl and elderly Baka man die days after being beaten by an anti-poaching squad
Baka “Pygmy” father speaks out against WWF-funded abuse
Djami, a Baka "Pygmy," explains how conservation is devastating his community in Cameroon.
Human rights abuse and trophy hunting in Cameroon
An elephant-hunting safari operation jointly owned by a French billionaire has been implicated in human rights abuse.
Please join the movement today
Oscar-winning actor & Survival Ambassador makes an urgent appeal for Survival International.
NO to PEC 215!
Adalto Guarani asks people around the world to help stop plans which could destroy Brazilian Indians' lands and lives.
Pire’i Awá – Success!
Pire'i Awá describes life for his people in the north-eastern Amazon rainforest, after the eviction of thousands of loggers from one of their territories.
The Last of the Kawahiva
Girl jumps off El Capitan, but you’ll never guess why
Irahoa’s Story
Soon after first contact, Irahoa Awá recounts his life on the run in the forest.
Baka call on WWF to stop funding anti-poaching squads
Baka from southeast Cameroon call upon WWF to stop funding anti-poaching squads.
Maybe we will die
Kwegu tribespeople in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley report that they are starving as a result of being forced from their land and of the irrigated plantations that are drying up the river on which they depend.
Bayaka and Baiga speak out about abuse in the name of “conservation”
Watch Bayaka "Pygmies" and Baiga speak out about the abuse by wildlife guards, and harassment to leave their lands.
“We are humans too.”
Guarani Leader Eliseu Lopes describes his tribe's quest to return to their ancestral land.
Baka suffer abuse in the name of conservation
Baka recount the abuse they suffer at the hands of anti-poaching squads supported by WWF.
Tribal families evicted for “tiger conservation”
Moving first-hand accounts by the residents of Jholar village in Kanha tiger reserve, who have now been evicted (filmed in 2012)
Interview with Kayapó leader Raoni Metuktire
Raoni talks about threats to uncontacted tribes in Brazil and the impacts of the controversial Belo Monte dam
The Dark side of Brazil
Kayapó leader Megaron Txukaramae talks about the draft bills that threaten to weaken indigenous people’s control over their land
Saving the Awá tribe
Film about Survival’s successful campaign to protect the Awá’s land made by the BBC.
Earth’s most threatened tribe: the campaign triumphs!
Brazil's government bows to the global campaign and expels all illegal loggers.
‘Primitive’ (PSA)
Is it so strange that some people don't want to join the mainstream?
The Falling Sky
A book that tells the story of Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa.
“We will fight to return”
Guarani leader Damiana is leading her community in a fight to return to their ancestral lands.
Uncontacted Matsés
The Matsés tribe are concerned about oil exploration in their territory
Lodu Sikaka
Dongria Kondh leader's refusal to allow the mining of Niyamgiri.
Time is running out for the Awá
Pire'i Ma'a is sending an urgent message from the Awá tribe.
Matsés
Matsés woman Antonina Duni Goya Nesho talks about her son's future
Message to Anil Agarwal
The Dongria tell the Vedanta chairman to leave them in peace.
The land is…
The history of the world’s tribal lands in under 60 seconds
The Experiment
What if...?
Seeing (PSA)
There are many different ways of living on this planet, who's to say their way is best?
Strength In Numbers
How did the Dongria tribe take on a huge multinational corporation - and win?
The International Law
ILO169 is the only international law that can secure tribal peoples' land rights but most governments refuse to ratify it.
Life in a bubble?
The Zo'é are one of the most isolated of all contacted tribes in Brazil. But are the authorities keeping them in a bubble, away from the rest of society?
Akuntsu’s Last Dance
In a small patch of rainforest in Brazil, the last six survivors of a genocide dance.
On the Edge
Logging is threatening the future of the Awá, one of Brazil's last hunter-gatherer tribes.
Uncontacted Chaco
Forest Beekeepers
'Conservation' measures threaten Kenya's Ogiek tribe with eviction from their forest home.
A message from Lodu
‘One must have courage’
The Things They Said
The Gunmen
Brutal Evictions
Last of the Bo Tribe Sings
‘Before we knew it, we’d all caught pneumonia.’
Bina Matis tells how many of his tribe caught diseases immediately after first contact.
Survival’s Greenwashing Award
Beast with Metal Skin
‘Blood flows for our land’
Behind the Lies
Crisis Point
‘His voice is not silenced.’
Poachers
‘No people is better than another.’
A Tragic First Contact
‘Our land is our heritage.’
‘We live for our Niyamgiri’
‘Not even this handful of soil’
Encounters with the Uncontacted
Swidden Farming
‘It was beautiful here’
Contact and Death in the Amazon
Most Isolated
Black Oil, Red Gold
Virgin Forest
The Evidence
On the Run
An appeal
Death at Devil’s Bend