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Synopsis

Thuë pihi kuuwi is the first film made by Yanomami women in the Amazon. A Yanomami woman watches a shaman prepare Yãkoana, a sacred powder called the food of spirits. The powder comes from specific plants and connects shamans to the spirit world. A young indigenous woman narrates the story. The film looks closely at the Xapiri, spirits that protect the forest and its creatures. Yãkoana feeds these spirits. It is more than a ritual tool. It creates a space where different worldviews and imaginations meet and interwine.

Director Biography

Aida Harika Yanomami, Edmar Tokorino Yanomami, Roseane Yariana

Aida Harika and Edmar Tokorino

Yanomami filmmakers who live in the village of Watorikɨ, Demini, on the Yanomami Indigenous Land in the Brazilian Amazon.

Both filmmakers are part of the collective of Yanomami communicators created in 2018 by the Hutukara Yanomami Association with support from the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). In order to strengthen Hutukara's communication and develop strategies to strengthen traditional knowledge among young people, whose interest in cell phones and non-indigenous technologies is growing, a group of 6 young Yanomami from three regions of the Yanomami Indigenous Territory - Watorikɨ, Missão Catrimani, and Novo Demini- will receive audiovisual training. Since 2021, they have participated in several workshops where they produced videos and short films.

Roseane Yariana

She was part of the first group of young people chosen by the board of Hutukara Associação Yanomami to participate in audiovisual training workshops in 2018. She is a resident of the Buriti village in the Demini region of the Brazilian Amazon and is the daughter of Joseca Yanomami, an internationally recognized artist known for his drawings.

Credits

Camera / Kamera

Roseane Yariana Yanomami

Editing / Kurgu

Aida Harika Yanomami, Edmar Tokorino Yanomami, Carlos Eduardo Ceccon, Julia Faraco, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Andrade

Sound / Ses

Waldir Xavier, Guilherme Lima de Assis, Marcos Lopes da Silva

Production / Yapım

Eryk Rocha, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha