Alan Friedman Interviews Brazilian Photographer Sebastiao Salgado

Famed international photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who has spent decades documenting the Amazon and its indigenous tribes, has assembled an international coalition that is demanding Brazil protect its vulnerable communities before a coronavirus outbreak results in what he says could be “total genocide.”

Sebastião Salgado:  ‘A COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil could lead to ‘total genocide’

In an exclusive interview with author and journalist Alan Friedman, Salgado calls for us to “act all together to fight against this pandemic.”

Along with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, luminaries including Prince Albert II of Monaco, Juliette Binoche, Jane Goodall, David Hockney, Oprah Winfrey, Sylvester Stallone, Ai Weiwei, Gisele Bündchen, and Sir Paul McCartney have signed the appeal.

Watch this interview: