Official Selection
World Premiere
Feature Documentary · 2025
Wayumi
A film by Andrew Balcof
The film
Between the Amazon rainforest and the American suburbs, a Yanomami mother and her son’s attempt to reunite their family after thirty years apart, on a journey that redefines identity, belonging, and home.
Synopsis
Built from hundreds of hours of never-before-seen footage, WAYUMI follows David Good and his mother Yarima from the Venezuelan Amazon to suburban New Jersey as they navigate bureaucracy, language, and culture to bring a separated family back together.
David Good is also a producer on the film, founder of the Yanomami Foundation, and an Explorers Club 50 honoree.
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Screenings
- DOC NYC, World PremiereU.S. Competition, co-presented by IndieWire. IFC Center and Village East, New York. First screening sold out.
- DOC NYC, Special MentionU.S. Competition jury award.
- Canadian Premiere, University of GuelphCollege of Biological Science, with a Q&A from David Good.
- Further dates confirmFestival, theatrical, and streaming dates from Grasshopper Film.
Credits
- Director
- Andrew Balcof
- Producers
- Andrew Balcof, David Good, Elius Kim
- Executive Producers
- Larry Weiss, Peter Getzels, Honey Labrador
- Co-Executive Producers
- Johnny Griffith, Ralph Balcof
- Cinematography
- Elius Kim, David Good, Andrew Balcof
- Editors
- Andrew Balcof, Cathy Shields
- Music
- Kostantis Papakonstantinou
- Production
- A Shabono Media production, in association with Club Xanadu, Getzels Gordon Productions, and Her-I-Can Entertainment
- Featuring
- David Good, Yarima
- Countries
- USA, Venezuela, Dominican Republic
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Distributor
- Grasshopper Film
Press
The filmmaker repeatedly chooses to play moments others might be tempted to turn from, sanitize, or push to resolve, offering audiences a refreshingly honest look at a uniquely complex mother-and-son relationship.DOC NYC 2025 U.S. Competition Jury, Special Mention
- Deadline: DOC NYC top awardsJury Special Mention for WAYUMI in U.S. Competition.
- IndieWire: WAYUMI gets release from Grasshopper FilmNorth American rights acquired ahead of the DOC NYC world premiere.
Where to watch
WAYUMI is available to buy on Prime Video, released by Grasshopper Film.