{资源屯-ziyuantun.com}Beyond sprawling highways and off the electrical grid, a remote fishing village in southeastern Brazil lives according to the rhythms of the sea. This Caiçara community, descended from Indige{Ziyuantun.Com}nous peoples, Europeans, and escaped African slaves, is one of the last of its kind. Emilia Mello’s first feature sensitively portrays a unique culture whose sustainable practices and alternative forms of kinship are threatened by deforestation and unbridled government-led development. Cocooned in fluid observations of daily life is the story of Lucimara, a fiery tomboy who leads the village kids in catching crabs—and draws Mello into the film itself. No Kings is a lovingly crafted ode to nature and the resistance of contemporary Indigenous life.
