Video in the Villages presents itself (Trailer)

Subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese 

English, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles 

Indigenous People: Xavante

Since 2002, Divino Tserewahú tried to make a film about the female initiation rite, no longer practiced in any other Xavante village, but since he started filming, the ritual is interrupted. Young and old discuss the difficulties and resistances involved in making this celebration.

Subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese 

 English, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles

Povo Indígena: Panará

As crianças Panará apresentam seu universo em dia de brincadeira na aldeia. O tempo da guerra acabou, mas ainda continua vivo no imaginário das crianças.

2008 |15 min
Direção e Imagens: Komoi Panará
Edição: Daniel Bandeira
Produção: Vídeo nas Aldeias

Indigenous People: Panará

The Panará children present their universe in a play day in the village. Wartime is over but it remains alive in the children’s imagination.

2008 |15 min
Direction and Images: Komoi Panará
Editing: Daniel Bandeira
Production: Vídeo nas Aldeias

Indigenous People: Xavante

In 1957, after centuries of resistance and escape, a Xavante group takes refuge in the Salesian mission of Sangradouro, Mato Grosso. Today surrounded by soy cultures, with their land and resources impoverished, they show in this film their actual preoccupations in midst of all the changes they have experienced.

Povo Indígena: Xavante

Em 1957, depois de séculos de resistência e de fuga, um grupo Xavante se refugiou na missão Salesiana de Sangradouro, Mato Grosso. Hoje rodeados de soja, com a terra e os recursos depauperados, eles mostram neste filme suas preocupações atuais em meio a todas as mudanças que vêm vivenciando.

Indigenous People: Ashaninka

Shomõtsi is an Ashaninka Indian living on the border of Brazil and Peru. The movie is a report on his day to day life and his journey to the neighbouring city to get his pension as well as a portait of Valdete´s hard-headed and witty uncle.