this is alex pritz perseus first film.begin by talking about what inspired him to make "the territory" and why he called it that. >> for me the journey behind "the territory" started when i read about the work of neidinha bandeira, the activist at the center of the film. i had read about her work and felt so inspired by this woman who against all odds and the part of the world where everybody is against her, extremely hostile environment, was proudly standing up in defense of this beautiful planet that we all have. i reached out to her during the campaign, 2018 presidential elections inrazil, when we saw this really divisive, inflammatory rhetoric coming from the bolsonaro campaign is said, it looks like your work is about to become much more difficult really quickly, could i come and meet you in brazil? that is sort of where it began. amy: take us on that journey. tell us the story. >> for me, she has this gravitational energy and it pulls you right in. arriving in brazil, had a lot of ideas about what types of films i wa

director alex pritz says it was nadina who urged him to hear from those ranchers and farmers. >> i dosituation they're in, thought it important to find where those motivations are coming from if we're going to find a real solution to this conflict. >> reporter: the ranchers believe it is their mission to cultivate the precious soil. >> the settlers and farmers feel like they are the heroes of this story. they are the virtuous pioneers ging out, colonizing new land, turning wilderness into private property. >> can you understand or empathize with the ranchers and the farmers? >> no. >> no. >> reporter: as farmers and ranchers expand into the territory, the indigenous people resist the spread onto their land by burning down settlers' belongings. during the making of the film, the pandemic hit, and the crew distanced from the uru people to protect the vulnerable community from covid-19. >> the pandemic played a big role. i was cut off from the indigenous people. we had to come up with a new way to continue production and talk to their leader. he said really clearly, send us cameras, send