Documentary Films

New Era


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From the Ashaninka Villages series in the Video in the Villages collection
By Zezinho Yube
color, 52 min, 2006



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The daily life of the Hunikui village of São Joaquim, on the river Jordão in the state of Acre. Augustinho, village shaman and patriarch, his wife and father-in-law, remember the fetters of the rubber plantations and celebrate a new era. Now, with their land demarcated, they can once again teach their traditions to their children and grandchildren.


Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards
Terres En Vues/Land InSIGHTS Montreal First Peoples' Festival, 2007
Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival, Canada, 2007

other films from the Ashaninka Villages series:
Imbé Gikegü, The Scent of Pequi Fruit
Iauareté, Waterfalls of the Jaguars
Kiarãsâ Yõ Sâty, The Agouti's Peanut