What to Watch: Get an immersive look of an Indigenous community’s tireless fight against deforestation

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PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX PRITZ/AMAZON LAND DOCUMENTARY The Territory The Territory provides an immersive look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. Partially shot by the Uru-eu-wau-wau people, the film relies on vérité footage captured over three years as the community risks their lives to set up their own news media team in the hopes of exposing the truth. WATCH NOW

EXPLORING DEFORESTATION

SCREENGRAB COURTESY AMAZON LAND DOCUMENTARY In a besieged Amazon, people take up cameras to save their land A new documentary co-produced by Indigenous filmmakers offers an inside look at a community on the frontlines of deforestation. READ MORE PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY, LAUREN DAUPHIN The Amazon is burning at record rates—and deforestation is to blame The blazes are so huge that smoke can be seen from space, and experts say the fires could have major climate impacts. READ MORE

PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM GRUCZA/OTP Retrograde Retrograde captures the final nine months of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives. From rarely seen operational control rooms to the frontlines of battle to the chaotic Kabul airport during the final U.S. withdrawal, Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman’s latest film offers a cinematic and historic window onto the end of America’s longest war, and the costs endured for those most intimately involved.  WATCH NOW

MORE ON AFGHANISTAN

PHOTOGRAPH BY KIAMA HAYERI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC What the end of the war in Afghanistan means to one mother and her family A year after U.S. troops pulled out of its longest war, National Geographic revisits an Afghan mother featured on the cover and her family’s experience offers a glimpse of life under Taliban rule. READ MORE PHOTOGRAPH BY BALAZS GARDIY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC What a 2,000-mile journey around Afghanistan uncovers a year after the Taliban takeover The war is over. The U.S. is gone. A bone-rattling drive along the Ring Road finds hardship and few traces of nation-building. READ MORE

PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG PARRY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR DISNEY+ Limitless with Chris Hemsworth  Chris Hemsworth is on an epic mission to discover how to live better for longer. With the help of world-class experts, family and friends, he’s embarking on a series of immense challenges to push himself to new limits and stop the diseases of old age before they take hold. Chris will discover how we all can unlock our potential to stay fitter, healthier and happier throughout our lives.  WATCH NOW

PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG PARRY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR DISNEY+ To uncover the secrets of longevity, Chris Hemsworth put his body on the line In his new Nat Geo series, Limitless, the actor dangles from a rope high above a canyon and surfs frigid waters—all to test extreme strategies for living longer. READ MORE

PHOTOGRAPH BY IMAGE'EST Fire of Love Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things - each other and volcanoes. The couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. They died in 1991 but left a legacy that enriched our understanding of the natural world. Drawing from their archive, Fire of Love tells a story of creation and destruction, as two scientists venture into the unknown, all for the sake of love.   WATCH NOW

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