A Arca dos Zo’é
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Title / Título (Original)
A Arca dos Zo’é
Title
Meeting Ancestors
Release Date / Fecha de estreno
1993
Language / Idioma
Indigenous / indígena
Portuguese / portugués
Country / País
Production Company / Compañía de Producción
Vídeo nas Aldeias (Brazil)
Description / Descripción
Both groups of indigeneous Brasilians, the Waiãpi and the Zo'é, belong to the Tupi language family and share quite a bit of their traditions. But while the Waiãpi have been living in close contact with white people for the last twenty years, the Zo'é are about to make their first experiences with them. In the context of the Video in the Villages project by the Centro de Trabalho Indigenista the Waiãpi have met the Zo'é through video. They recognized their lifestyle as being similar to what oral history tells them about the life of their own ancestors. Waiwai, chief of the Waiãpi has been visiting the Zo'é together with a small filmcrew. In Meeting the Ancestors Waiwai tells his own people about his experiences on the trip and he comments the video sequences shot with the Zo'é. (Freiburger FilmForum: Festival of Transcultural Cinema)
Ambas comunidades indígenas de Brazil, los Waiãpi y los Zo'é, pertenecen a la familia lingüística tupí y comparten bastantes de sus tradiciones. Pero mientras los Waiãpi llevan veinte años viviendo en estrecho contacto con gente blanca, los Zo'é están a punto de hacer sus primeros contactos con ellos. Waiwai, el jeje de los Waiãpi, ha estado visitando a los Zo'é con un equipo de cine. En la película A Arca dos Zo'é, Waiwai le cuenta a su propia comunidad sus experiencias en el viaje, comentando sobre las secuencias de vídeo grabadas con los Zo'é. (Translated by Quetzali Gómez)
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Citation
“A Arca dos Zo’é,” Cinegogía, accessed April 28, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/897.