Richard Ladkani

And I felt that the Amazon needed, you know, like a bigger film that can emotionally connect people to what's actually happening there.

That was the voice of Richard Ladkani, the director of Yanuni, a feature-length documentary about Juma Shipaya, an indigenous leader and activist from the Brazilian Amazon.

The film was recently released on YouTube, where it has already accumulated over 13 million views.

The film was used to help get out the vote in Brazil's recent election, in which voters rejected right-wing extremist Flavio Bolsonaro.

It's amazing to be here.

Thank you so much.

So my name is Richard Ladkani.

I'm the director of Yanuni.