Manaus Ágil tourism and culture of the AmazonIn the week of the Indian Day (April 19), the Cine Video Tarumã presents three films that portray the indigenous theme. The UFAM's film club is an extension project of the School of Information and Communication, the sessions are free, starting at 12:30 pm, at the Rio Negro Auditorium, of the Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences Institute (former ICHL), located in the North sector of the University Campus.
On Wednesday, the film presented is 'The Hyperwomen. The story features an old man who, fearing the death of his elderly wife, asks his nephew to perform the Jamurikumalu, the largest female ritual in the Upper Xingu (MT), so that she can sing one last time. The women of the group begin rehearsals while the only singer who actually knows all the songs is seriously ill.
On Thursday Martyrdomwill be screened on Thursday. The feature film is an analysis of the violence suffered by the Guarani Kaiowá group, one of the largest indigenous populations in Brazil today, who inhabit the lands of central-western Brazil and are in constant conflict with the forces of repression and oppression organized by local landowners, cattle ranchers, and ranchers, who wish to exterminate the Indians and take the land for themselves.
Closing the week on Friday, the film of the day is IskobakeboA Difficult Reunion'. The film tells the story of five elders from the indigenous Isconahua community in Peru. The five were uprooted from their village many years ago and are the last speakers of their original language and also the last representatives of their culture.
