The Day When the Moon Menstruated, Nguné Elü
2004 | 00:28:00 | Brazil | Portuguese, Brazil | Color | Mono | 4:3 | Video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Indigenous, Myth
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During a video workshop in the Kuikuro village in the Upper Xingu, Brazil, an eclipse takes place. Suddenly, everything changes. The animals take new forms. Blood falls from the sky like rain. The sound of the sacred flutes crosses the dark night. There is no time to lose. One must sing and dance. The world must be awakened. In this video, the Kuikuro video makers tell us what happened when the moon menstruated.
Direction: Takumã e Maricá Kuikuro
Photography: Takumã, Mariká, Amuneri, Asusu, Jairão e Maluki
Edition: Leonardo Sette
Prizes + Awards
Chico Mendez Award, Best Documentary, Cine Amazônia 2005, Rondônia, Brazil
Best Workshop Video, Mostra do Filme Livre 2005, CCBB, Rio de Janero, 2005, Brazil
ABD Award, Best Documentary, Internacional Ethnographic Film Festival, Rio de Janero, 2005, Brazil
Best Video, II Festival de Jovens Realizadores de Audiovisual do Mercosul, 2005 Ceará, Brazil
Unesco Award, XXXII Jornada Internacional de Cinema da Bahia, 2005, Salvador, Brazil
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