THE ROOTS AWAKEN is a documentary film about a young woman who travels from the Andes to the Amazon; to meet indigenous people who are transforming the environmental destruction that is poisoning the land.

Indigenous leaders from around the world have been gathering together for the past three decades to unite in the new cycle of Pachakuti. Pachakuti, a Quechua term, refers to both a cosmic transformation and an overturning in humanity.

A young woman is invited to a Pachakuti gathering; she joins representatives from tribes across the continents to meet for the first time on the equator in the country of Ecuador. As she sits on an ancient pyramid, the spiritual leaders conduct a ceremony to initiate the new cycle. Kumiko has a vision that the indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest are in great danger. Following a calling, she decides to travel alone from the high Andes down to the jungle.

She soon discovers that the Amazon Rainforest is on the edge of a tipping point. Often referred to as the lungs of our planet, it is the respiratory system that pumps our oxygen and circulates the world’s water. When Kumiko sees disaster near Yasuni, the most biodiverse region on earth, she realizes protecting the remaining Amazon is imperative to reroute global climate change catastrophe.

Kumiko begins to meet the indigenous people on the frontlines and is invited to a traditional amazonian ceremony. While surrendering to yage, a powerful Amazonian remedy, Kumiko sees a black snake slithering across the earth, contaminating the land. She awakens to the reality of her vision; raging fires blazing across the land and 18 billion gallons of oil waste deliberately dumped into the heart of the rainforest.

Before sinking into deep despair, Kumiko rises to confront the root of humanity's illness. As she begins to document the truth behind the poisonous acts of environmental destruction, she is redirected to the indigenous communities who have been on the frontlines of the resistance.

Empowered by the potency of their ancestral traditions, the tribes initiate solutions to protect their culture, community, and the Amazon Rainforest. The tribes at the headwaters of the Amazon unite to protect the worlds water and their ancient territory.

Through the journey Kumiko is enlightened to the oneness of self and environment and the sanctity of her own life as a global citizen. Under the sacred ceiba tree of life, she sees that the time is now for the roots of all of humanity to awaken.