Movies: Isael Maxakali

The Maxakali possess a remarkable plastic and sound refinement revealed in drawings, paintings, clothes, songs and poems. These people have hundreds of years of history. He populated a vast territory, which he traveled nomadicly, from the interior of...

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"Yõg ãtak: My Father, Kaiowá" tells the story of Sueli Maxakali's search for her father, Luis Kaiowá, from whom she was separated during the military dictatorship in Brazil. The film follows the filmmaker's journey to find her father again, as well a...

The boys of an Tikmu'un - Maxakali village are initiated by the spirits that live on the ground. From now on they will be able to attend the kuxex (house of religion), socialize, feed and learn from the Yãmiyxop....

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After spending a few months in the Vila Verde Village, the yãmĩyhex (women-spirit) prepare to leave. The filmmakers Sueli and Isael Maxakali register the preparations and the great feast for their farewell. During the feast days, a legion of spirits...

In the past, when white people didn’t exist, we used to hunt with our yãmĩyxop spirits. The whites came, cut down the trees, dried up the rivers and scared the animals away. Today, our tall trees are over, the whites surrounded us and our lands are t...

Konãgxeka, in the Maxakali indigenous language, means "big water" - It is the Maxakali version of the flood story, sent by the yãmîy spirits as a punishment for the selfishness and greed of men. The illustrations for the film were made during a works...

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