Films

“In the old day, whites did not exist on our lands, and we lived hunting with our yãmưyxop spirits. But the whites came, felled the woods, dried the rivers and chased the animals away. Today, our long trees are gone, the whites have surrounded us, and our land is small. But the yãmưyxop spirits are very strong and have taught us the stories and songs of the ancients that have walked here.” A first-hand film about the experience of the Maxakali people in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This film is part of Arandu: Listen to the Weather, a festival sidebar celebrating 35 years of Indigenous filmmaking from Brazil: key films and filmmakers working from the late 90s to the present. Guest curated by Graci Guarani, Takuma Kuikuro and Christian Fischgold for RAI Film Festival 2023.