Video Nas Aldeias Movies

With no Forest left to hunt and no land to cultivate, the Maby-Guarani depend on the sale of their handcraft to survive. Three young Guarani filmmaker...

Thirty years ago, a rubber company enslaved a group of Asháninka people, manipulating them into tapping the trees in the lush borderland between Peru...

As Ariel Ortega thinks about the history of contact of the Mbya-Guarani, he tries to understand how his people got expelled from their land.

An immersion in spirituality and everyday life of the Mbya-Guarani from the Koenju village in Southern Brazil.

Chanter Tachico Guajajara shares the story of how his people learned the sacred chants that conduct their rituals and festivities.

The 'Vídeo nas Aldeias' performed with the Enawenê Nawê Indians, for fifteen years, extensive records of Yaõkwa, their longest ritual, in which the ma...

During a video workshop at the Kuikuro village, an eclipse happens. Suddenly, everything changes.

In 1985, a daring worker of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Brazil denounced a massacre in the lawless region of Corumbiara. The investigations turned...

Mythical-religious interpretation of the Mbya-Guarani on 17th century Jesuit reductions in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

Four Ikpeng children introduce us to life in their village. They show their families, their toys, and their celebrations with grace and lightheartedne...

In the village of Koenju, in Rio Grande do Sul, young Mario and his "gang" make fun of the challenges of today's Mbya-Guarani reality.

Panará characters and filmmakers comment on the creation process of both The agout's peanut and After the egg, the war and discuss about the use of vi...

Ayani films her grandmother, Ayani, in her daily activities.

Shomõtsi is a witty and engaging Ashaninka Indian, a father who has raised his children alone. A neighbor and friend of the filmmaker, he discusses th...

Asháninka videomakers create a loving portrait of their own community, located in Acre, Brazil, near the border with Peru. The people organized to pre...