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> FEATURED TITLES NEWSLETTER FROM
>THE LATIN AMERICAN VIDEO ARCHIVES
>www.lavavideo.org
>imre@igc.org
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>Brazilian Indigenous Community Video
>Nov-98
>A Tribute to Virginia Valado
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> Editor's Note:
> This month our newsletter is dedicated to
>Virginia Valado, co-founder and director of the
>Center for Indigenist Work (CTI), a non-profit
>organization dedicated to protecting the land
>rights of Brazilian indigenous peoples, training
>them in the use of video, and facilitating
>communications between tribal groups. Virginia
>died suddenly this past August. She was an
>integral part of the of CTI, carrying out tireless
>fundraising activities and providing an
>international profile for the CTI's work. In the
>area of media production and distribution, she
>collaborated with her husband, Vincent Carelli on
>the titles listed below. Like other members of the
>CTI, Virginia was committed to the notion that
>documentaries, like all other professional work
>connected to the past, present, and future of
>Brazil's indigenous populations, could only be
>based on extensive experiential knowledge,
>continuous communication, and collaborative
>relationships based on equitable forms of cultural
>exchange, respect, and trust. Her loss is felt not
>only by her family and international colleagues,
>but also by countless indigenous friends in Brazil
>and Latin America.
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>The Work of CTI
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>Yakwa: Banquet of the Spirits
>Directed by Virginia Valadao
>Documentary   75 minutes 1995
> With English subtitles
>THE BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS, an astoundingly
>beautiful documentary of the Enauwene Naue Indians
>of Northern Brazil, who decided that their first
>images on video should be of a months long harvest
>ritual, performed for Virginia's and Vincent's
>cameras. For 7 months every year, the spirits of
>the dead are venerated with offerings of food,
>song and dance so they will protect the community
>and bless it with an abundant harvest and great
>quantities of fish.  It includes; The Sacred
>Flutes, Dataware's Revenge, Harikare: The
>Spirit's Host and The Little Cassava Girl.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
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>One Has To Be Curious
>Directed by Caimi Waiasse (Xavante)
>Documentary   16 minutes 1996
> With English subtitles
>The videomaker comments on the introduction of
>video documentation to his village in the
>Brazilian Amazon.
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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>Signs Don't Speak
>Directed by Dominique Gallois/Vincent Carelli
>Documentary   27 minutes 1997
> With English subtitles
>The Waiapi Indians of northern Brazil organize and
>successfully expel gold prospectors from their
>land; they demarcate their own territory to
>protect it from future devastation.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
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>Jungle Secrets
>Directed by Dominique Gallios/Vincent Carelli
>Documentary   13 minutes 1998
> With English subtitles
>Four tales about cannibal monsters narrated and
>performed by the Waipai Indians. "We have made
>the video," say the Waipai, "to teach people to
>be more careful with monsters they never heard
>about. Even a white man can be eaten as he goes
>into the forest"
>Purchase Price: $79.95
>
>Video in the Villages
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Type: Documentary   10 minutes 1989
> With English subtitles
>This tape describes the work of the Video in the
>Villages project of the Centro de Trabalho
>Indigenista (CTI), which provides economic,
>political and legal support to native tribes in
>the Amazon. It provides an overview of the
>centers video project,  in which many different
>Amazonian Indian tribes have been given video
>equipment and training. It illustrates how these
>native people are using this new technology, and
>the impact it has had on their native communities.
>The villagers use video cameras to record
>ceremonies and maintain traditions for future
>generations; witness political discussions with
>the Brazilian government officials and maintain a
>record of their promises; document their struggles
>to protect their lands and environment; and
>communicate with neighboring tribes. The tape
>shows how Indians use video as a tool to empower,
>organize and activate themselves. Video in the
>Villages is an introductory tape which provides an
>overview of the centers video project.
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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>The Spirit of TV
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Type: Documentary   18 minutes 1990
> With English subtitles
>"The Spirit of TV" documents the Waiapi Indians
>first contact with the modern technology of video
>and television. The tape explores how the Waiapi
>conceptualize the images of video and the possible
>uses of television. While they watch programs of
>other indigenous groups, they express diverse
>views on the benefits and drawbacks of television.
>The Indians discuss the ability of video to help
>them preserve their stories, beliefs and rituals;
>to facilitate connections with other tribes; and
>to communicate their message of protest to the
>government. Indigenous music and language and
>scenes of life in the village provide the context
>for the tape.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
>
>We Gather as a Family
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Documentary  32 minutes 1993
> With English subtitles
>This tape documents the cultural exchange between
>two Brazilian tribal groups, the Parakateje and
>the Kraho.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
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>Meeting Ancestors: The Zo'e
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Documentary   22 minutes 1993
> With English subtitles
>Chief Waiwai tells the story of his trip with a
>group of his fellow Waiapi Indians to meet the
>Zoe, a recently contacted group whom the Waiwai
>know only through video. Both tribes speak
>Tuji-Guarani dialects and share many cultural
>traditions. The Zoe are currently experiencing
>phenomena of contact that the Waiapi experienced
>twenty years ago. The Zoe allow their visitors an
>opportunity to re-encounter the way of life and
>wisdom of their ancestors. During the visit, the
>two groups compare appearance, techniques, ritual,
>history and myth. The Waiapi warn the Zoe about
>the dangers of thewhite world. The tape conveys
>the friendship that developed between these
>peoples as a result of their encounter.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
>
>Video Cannibalism
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Documentary   16:30 minutes 1994
> With English subtitles
>In a cultural exchange CTI staff introduce the
>Euanuene tribe to video. The goal of the project
>is to inform them about the outside world, as well
>as to capture on tape what they want to share with
>others about their culture. Very comfortable with
>themselves and their bodies, the men do not
>hesitate to be on camera, in fact thay are eager
>to playfully jump around and show off their
>manhood. Sexuality is present in their everyday
>lives, and is very much a part of their myths and
>rituals. The women however, are more reserved
>about appearing in the tape and are afraid that
>once everyone sees the tapes, they will be made
>fun of and humiliated. The Euanuene are also shown
>movies that have been made about other Indian
>tribes, such as Dances With Wolves. Although
>fascinated and touched by the movie, they did not
>understand that the actors had not actually been
>killed.  Once they understood it was a reenactment
>of an historical event, they decided that they too
>would reenact a scene from their history: the
>attack of "Cinta-Larga."
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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>Free For All in Sarare
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Documentary   27 minutes 1992
> With English subtitles
>More than 6,000 gold and mineral prospectors have
>invaded the reserve of the Nambiquara of Sar½re,
>and the loggers in the region raid their
>mahogany-rich forests, stealing wood which is
>becoming extinct in Amazonia. Only pressure on the
>World Bank, with whom the Government of Mato
>Grosso is negotiating a loan, could bring
>prospecting to a close...but the pillage of the
>forest continues.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
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>The Girl's Party
>Directed by Vincent Carelli
>Documentary   18 minutes 1987
> With English subtitles
>A history of the Nambiquara people and their use
>of video as a tool in cultural preservation. The
>Nambiquara tape their dance patterns and compare
>them to performances of the same dance by other
>clans. When they re-play the tape, the Nambiquara
>realize that they appear very occidental and feel
>that they are losing their own identity. They
>decide to re-tape the same dance, wearing
>traditional clothing. As a way of symbolically
>recovering their identity, the men ceremonially
>pierce their noses and lips using wooden sticks
>without anesthesia.
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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>Jane Moraita/Our Celebrations
>Directed by Kasiripina Waiapi
>Documentary   32 minutes 1995
> With English subtitles
>A CTI-trained Waiapi videomaker from Brazils
>upper Amazon documents rituals of his people, and
>travels to Sao Paulo to edit the video tape. The
>videomaker explains the rituals as he edits his
>tape and explains why and how his people use video
>to preserve their culture.
>Purchase Price: $99.95
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>The Work of George Stoney
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>Video Letters From Krahos Series
>Directed by George C Stoney
>Documentary   79 minutes total 1995
> With English subtitles
>In this three part series, spanning ten years,
>director Stoney charts the progress and decline of
>this indigenous Brazilian tribe. On three separate
>occasions, the chief, Alexai Po Hi, urges the
>film's viewers to recognize his people, pleads
>with the government for assistance and protection
>and shows us the ceremonies and rituals which are
>practiced by his people along with the educational
>programs he implemented to teach Portugese and the
>native language.
>Purchase Price: $150 for all three
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>A Message From Brazil
>Directed by George C Stoney
>Documentary   18 minutes 1984
> With English subtitles
>On director Stoney's first visit with the
>indigenous Brazilian tribe, the Krahos, he
>observes celebration and a ceremony marking the
>days when governance of the group passed from the
>"water" people to the "sun" people. Cheif Alexai
>Po Hi addresses the Indians of North America.
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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>The Kraho Revisited
>Directed by George C Stoney
>Documentary   30 minutes 1989
> With English subtitles
>With Brazilian filmmaker Andrea Tonacci and native
>people's advocate Paolo Cesar in tow, director
>Stoney sets out on his second visit with the
>Krahos. This time traditional log races are filmed
>as well as an interview with a non-native school
>teacher who has become committed to the tribe.
>Chief Alexai Po Hi addresses the camera in hopes
>to educate the public about the threat to his
>tribe by nearby ranchers who are vying for their
>land. He asks for political autonomy for his
>tribe.
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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>The Krahos Consider Their Future
>Directed by George C Stoney
>Documentary   31 minutes 1995
> With English subtitles
>Concerned with the day-to-day existence of the
>Kraho tribe, this film follows cheif Alexai Po Hi
>with his sons into the town of Itacaga to vote. On
>the reserve we see the education process of both
>Portugese and the native language and are shown
>guns confiscated from enemy ranchers. Chief Po Hi
>states the tribe's need for both independence from
>government regulation and physical protection.
>Purchase Price: $   79.95
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>Crisis in Brazil Series -
>Interview with George Stoney
>Directed by Don Lynn
>Documentary   29 minutes
> Dubbed into English
>An interview with George Stoney in which he speaks
>about his work and shows clips of his tapes made
>with the Kraho Indians in Brazil.
>Purchase Price: $79.95
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