Raoni Metuktire
Born: 1932-01-01 in Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Known For: Acting
Biography
Raoni Metuktire (born in 1932), also known as Chief Raoni or Ropni, is an Indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist. He is a chief of the Kayapó people, a Brazilian Indigenous group from the plain lands of the Mato Grosso and Pará in Brazil, south of the Amazon River and along Xingu River and its tributaries. He is internationally famous as a living symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon rainforest and indigenous culture.
Filmography
2024
2023
- Raoni, Uma Amizade Improvável as Self
2014
- Índio Cidadão? as Self
2006
- The Hills of Disorder as Self (archive footage)
1978
- Raoni as Self