01 Dec 2015
Of Ravens and Children
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Mundurukuyü – The Forest of the Fish Women
Using the camera as a weapon to defend their ancestral land in Brazil, three women of the Daje Kapap Eypi audiovisual collective lovingly record their Munduruku traditions and their mythology of humans transforming into forest plants and animals.
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