Available screening types
Virtual
In-person
Available between
Jul 01, 2025 - Jan 01, 2026
Available in
Worldwide
About the film
The Eternal Song is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and their Indigenous cultures. Voices from around the world and across generations call us to witness the deep, ongoing scars of colonization on lands and peoples, and the healing that comes through ancestral wisdom. Entrusted with medicine stories, we grapple with colonial legacies, intergenerational trauma, our own fragmentation and culture of separation.
The film reveals how modernity severs our connection to nature, each other, and the ancestral realm, while feeding us empty promises of salvation, unlimited consumption and economic growth, and individual happiness. As we are drawn into the intricate web of kinship and honoring the living presence of Mother Earth, we awaken a remembrance. A sacred dance comes to life and we begin to hear the eternal song of Life itself, calling us back to belonging.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 32m
Released
2025
Director
Zaya Ralitza Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo
Producer
Zaya Ralitza Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo, Finley Macneil
Executive Producer
Pat McCabe, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Bayo Akomolafe, Aviaja Sanimuinaq
Crew
Caroline Janet Campbell, Nicholoz Kachibaia
Upcoming screenings
Awards & recognition
Cambodia International Film Festival
Official Selection
Touchstone Independent Film Festival
Best Documentary
Touchstone Independent Film Festival
Best Cinematography
Touchstone Independent Film Festival
Best Original Score
Five Continents International Film Festival
Best Documentary
Avignon International Film Festival
Official Selection
Rome Prisma Film Awards
Best Feature Doc
Portland Moviemakers Award
Official Selection
Paradise Film Festival
Best Documentary
New York Monthly Film Festival
Winner
Better Earth International Film Festival
Outstanding Achievement Award