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The long awaited night of the seventh of art has arrived! This Sunday (12), the 95th edition of the award ceremony of the Oscar. However, in 2023, the event will feature a very important novelty. The winners of the night will receive a gold statuette in a version Yanomami, in the form of the Omama Deity, which does not use precious metal in its composition. 424g6

In an action by the DM9 agency in partnership with the indigenous peoples of the northern region of Brazil, the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences award (AMPS) seeks to alert the public about illegal gold extraction in the Amazon. In addition to the statuette, 20 artists will also receive a film featuring Júnior Hekurari Yanomami, leader of the Urihi Associação Yanomami. The production explains in native language how gold assumed the concept of “death and destruction” for forests and their beings.

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In an unprecedented action, the Academy agreed to honor the peoples Yanomami at the most prestigious film awards in the world. Entitled as The Cost of Gold (The Price of Gold, in free translation into Portuguese), the campaign aims to raise awareness and encourage Hollywood stars to use their global influence for the cause Yanomami, informing about all the problems that illegal gold extraction can cause.

The people who go to the Oscars have the power to change popular culture across the planet. Leaving gold is a change that has to start with those who shape popular culture. Therefore, we are asking for their , so that illegal gold becomes a global issue, because it is a global tragedy that until now has not received the necessary attention.

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The informational film will be sent to the following artists: Brendan Gleeson, Judd Hirsch, Brian Tyree Henry, Barry Keoghan, Ke Huy Quan, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kerry Condon, Stephanie Hsu, Hong Chau, Andrea Riseborough, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams , Ana de Armas, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser, Colin Farrell, Austin Butler, Bill Nighy and Paul Mescal.

Finally, the video invites the viewer to stay on top of the subject and “rethink the value of gold”. It presents information and questions to highlight the social and natural impact of each gram of mineral extracted from the Amazon rainforest and the peoples Yanomami illegally.

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In January of this year, the Kapok Portal exclusively revealed the serious situation faced by the people Yanomami in the North region of Brazil. According to information from indigenous leaders, illegal mining in the Amazon affects life in the region not only with the illegal extraction of resources from the land, but also through diseases transmitted by prospectors to people in the region. Malaria cases, for example, increased significantly in the region, reaching 2686 diagnoses between 2021 and 2022.

At first, these are problems that could be solved without much difficulty, however, the indigenous leaders responsible for the people Yanomami inform that they have not received due assistance from the Brazilian government in recent years, which has aggravated the situation. In addition, the laws for the inspection and condemnation of illegal mining were relaxed during the last istration, which allowed the prospectors to advance inside indigenous lands.

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The award ceremony of the 95th edition of the Oscar takes place this Sunday night (12), at 21h (Brasília time). For the first time in many years, the event will not be broadcast on open TV channels in Brazil. Therefore, anyone who wants to attend the seventh art party will have to resort to HBO Max and TNT. However, you can follow all the announcements of the winners in real time here on showmetech.

Watch the campaign video “The Cost of Gold”: 576qu

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Sources: Oscars, sumauma

Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim (12 / 03 / 23)