A new documentary film about Indigenous intergenerational trauma is due out very soon.
Following the release of “The Wisdom of Trauma,” filmmakers Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo were invited by Dr. Gabor Maté to keep filming — to follow the thread of intergenerational trauma, colonial legacies and the wounds that live not just in individuals, but in the land itself.
Filmed across 13 Indigenous territories — from the Arctic to the Amazon — “The Eternal Song” is a cinematic tapestry of resilience, remembrance and Indigenous wisdom.
For two years, the filmmakers traveled into the heart of Indigenous lands and communities, collecting testimonies on the impact of colonization and the healing of those deep scars. Their hearts were shattered and remade from witnessing landscapes of deep suffering and resilient beauty.
‘The Eternal Song’ emerged from this pilgrimage, a tribute to the enduring spirit of Indigenous Peoples and an incantation to the sacred interconnection between all beings. It is an offering to a world enveloped in historical amnesia, numbed to its own heartbeat by the madness of modernity.
Produced by Science and Nonduality (SAND), a California, U.S.A.-based nonprofit, the film exposes the ongoing efforts to erase Indigenous cultures and the resulting cycles of intergenerational trauma. It contrasts the Western framework of human dominance over Earth, and God’s rule over humans, with indigenous, earth-based, animist spirituality. Moving visually in a nonlinear, lyrical way, it looks beyond binaries to uncover resilience emerging from trauma and traces the roots of healing in the recovery of culture, land and ceremonies. Sowing wisdom through the stories it tells, it pits the madness of colonialism against the resilience of indigenous spirit.
Weaving together Indigenous voices across generations and communities, the documentary uses storytelling as a conduit for ancestral wisdom. It’s a prayer for collective remembering, an invocation to the rhythms of the earth.
We invite you to wade through the depths of our collective past, to grapple with historical traumas and imagine pathways to collective healing.
May this eternal song offer medicine for our fractured times and help us reimagine our place in the sacred web of life. As we traveled these ancient lands, we were gifted with deep trust and much wisdom. In humble reciprocity, we pledge half of the film’s harvest Back to the soil from which it grew to nurture the dreams and visions of the communities who opened their hearts to us.
From the misty coastlines of British Columbia, Canada where they were welcomed by Tsimshian, Haida and Wet’suwet’en peoples, to the sacred deserts of Arizona, U.S.A. with the Diné, to the ancestral shores of Hawaii, the filmmakers’ lenses captured not just images but deep connections.
“We were profoundly moved by the generosity of the Maori in Aotearoa (New Zealand), the Bundjalung and Wiradjuri of Australia, the Inuit of Greenland and the carriers of Yoruba traditions in Virginia,” the filmmakers say. “The wisdom keepers of the Guarani Kaiowa and Munduruku in Brazil, and the Maasai in Kenya opened their homes and hearts to us, sharing their stories and their sacred ways.”
The global premiere of “The Eternal Song” is on June 3, followed by communal screenings and daily teachings from Indigenous elders and wisdom holders.
When you sign up, you’ll get:
- Free access to “The Eternal Song” (90-minute feature film)
- Communal online screenings beginning June 3
- Option for 48-hour film rental with a small donation
- Access to the 7-Day Gathering (June 3–9, 2025)
- Five live sessions per day with Indigenous Elders and wisdom holders
- 48-hour replay access for all sessions
To sign up, go to theeternalsong.org.
Check out the trailer below.
