Shomõtsi
2001 | 00:42:00 | Brazil | Portuguese, Brazil | Color | Stereo | 4:3 | Video
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Indigenous, Portrait
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A picture of the day-to-day life of Shomõtsi, an Ashaninka Indian living on the border of Brazil and Peru. Valdete, a teacher and one of the village video makers, highlights his hardheaded and witty uncle.
Directed by Valdete Pinhanta Ashaninka; edited by Mari Corrêa.
In Ashaninka with English subtitles.
Prizes + Awards
UNESCO Award, 8th International Ethnographic Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001
Rigoberta Menchú Tum Award - Community Category, Festival Presença Autóctone, Montreal, Canada, 2002
Honorable Mention, Cinesul 2002, Rio de Janeiro
Rigoberta Menchú Award, II Anaconda 2002, Bolivia
Special Award from the Indigenous Public, II Anaconda 2002, Bolivia
Best Documentary, Forumdoc.BH.2002, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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