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Last Thursday Brazil’s highest court ruled in favor of Amazonian Indians in a land dispute that could determine the fate of the Amazon rain forest. According to the court, the Reposa Serra do Sol reservation belongs to the 18,000 indigenous people who live there, rather than a handful of wealthy ranchers and farmers. The land measures over 4 million acres and was the site of a violent dispute last year when attempts were made to evict the farmers. Indian rights groups are celebrating the court ruling as a major victory, pivotal for determining the future of a rainforest the size of western Europe that scientists say provides a critical cushion against global warming. It is against this tumultuous backdrop of land dispute and environmentalism, that a new HBO documentary, They Killed Sister Dorothy, is set. Sister Dorothy, a catholic nun originally from Ohio, naturalized as a Brazilian citizen, was killed in February 2005 – she was shot six times and left to die in the Brazilian Amazon. Sister Dorothy was working with peasant farmers in a sustainable development project in the Amazon, which pitted her against powerful loggers and ranchers. The courtroom drama that followed her death is the subject of They Killed Sister Dorothy, directed by Daniel Junge, narrated by Martin Sheen.

GUEST: Daniel Junge, Emmy-award winning director, whose previous credits include the films “Chiefs,” “Iron Ladies of Liberia,” “Big Blue Bear,” “Reading Your Rights,” and “Common Good.”

They Killed Sister Dorothy is debuting this Wednesday March 25th at 9:30 pm PST on HBO2. Check at this site for more additional screening times: http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule
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For more information, visit www.theykilledsisterdorothy.com.