In Cannes, DiCaprio meets Guajajara at an event on the indigenous cause

The Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, and the American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, met on Monday (22) in Cannes, France, during the city’s traditional film festival. The actor, who is an environmental activist and maintains an organization for environmental conservation, said he was honored with the meeting, in support of indigenous peoples for the preservation of the Amazon Forest. “My organization @rewild and our partners support Brazil and the more than 900,000 indigenous people of 300 ethnicities,” tweeted DiCaprio. This event was to support the Indigenous people leading the conservation of the Amazon rainforest. My organization @rewild and our partners stand with Brazil’s +900,000 Indigenous people from 300 Indigenous groups.📷: Leo Otero pic.twitter.com/jhIxixZX3T — Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) May 22, 2023 Federal Deputy Célia Xakriabá and actress Lily Gladstone, who co-stars with DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s feature Assassins of the Flower Moon. Award On Sunday (21), the minister was honored with the Amazon Fund Alliance Program award. For Guajajara, the award is recognition “for my tireless work in defense of indigenous peoples.” Hey guys! I’m in France and I’ve just been awarded an award by the Amazon Fund Alliance Program, during the Festival de Cannes. It is a great honor to receive this recognition for my tireless work in defense of indigenous peoples. — Sonia Guajajara (@GuajajaraSonia) May 22, 2023


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