Oscar-shortlisted doc YANUNI releases soundtrack Jan 14. Features Djuena Tikuna and Eric Terena, honoring Xipaia Indigenous in streaming platforms.
YANUNI Soundtrack Launch
Critic-acclaimed doc YANUNI drops its soundtrack January 14 on Spotify, Apple Music, and major streamers. H. Scott Salinas composes, Tomás Videla orchestrates, with Eric Terena and Djuena Tikuna.
LA Listening Party ahead. “Yanuni Suite” clip pays tribute to Xipaia, starring Juma Xipaia, Eric Terena, Djuena Tikuna, Vienna Synchronstage Orchestra. “No Front” by Katú Mirim tackles Amazon exploitation.
“We recorded from Santa Monica to Vienna, São Paulo, Manaus. It roots in Indigenous views,” says Salinas.
YANUNI Doc Overview
Richard Ladkani directs, Juma Xipaia and Leonardo DiCaprio produce. Follows Xipaia leader Juma surviving six assassination attempts, becoming Indigenous Rights secretary.
Her husband Hugo Loss fights illegal mining. Intimate epic on Indigenous sovereignty, climate. Tribeca closer, 21 awards, Oscar 2026 shortlist.
Team Insights
“Music honors Juma’s culture and Amazon mission,” says Ladkani.
Juma Xipaia: “YANUNI amplifies Indigenous voices via story, music, visuals. It shares ancestral knowledge and resistance.”
Photo: Eric Terena, Djuena Tikuna, Juma Xipaia, H. Scott Salinas at launch.
