Kinja Iakaha, A Day in the Village
From the Indigenous Video Makers series in the Video in the Villages collection
By Araduwã Waimiri, Iawusu Waimiri, Kabaha Waimiri, Sanapyty Atroari, Sawã Waimiri e Wamé Atroari
color, 40 min, 2003
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Six Indians of different Waimiri and Atroari villages, located in the Amazon, document the day-to-day life of their relatives in the Cacau village. These images, stitched together in A Day in the Village transport us to intimate scenes of their lifestyle and their intense relationship with nature.
Festivals, Screenings, Awards
Best Documentary, forumdoc.bh. 2003
7th Documentary and Ethnographic Film Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, December 2003
Honourable Mention, 9ª International Ethnographic Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003
other films from the Indigenous Video Makers series:
One Must Be Curious
Moyngo, The Dream of Maragareum
Wapté Mnhõnõ, The Xavante's Initiation
The Rainy Season
Wai'á Rini, The Power of the Dream
Shomõtsi
Dancing with a Dog
Nguné Elü, The Day the Moon Menstruated
A Path to Live
Trainees for the Future
The Living Forest
From the Ikpeng Children to the World