2023-05-15 15:43:49
With the proposal of expanding and sharing knowledge and perspectives, proposing discussions and transformations and being a leisure option, Cine Japu goes into action next Tuesday (5/16), with free film screenings at the ISA telecentre, in São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM).
The initiative is from ISA, in partnership with the Wayuri Network of Indigenous Communicators and support from the Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Rio Negro (Foirn).
On May 2, the preview took place, with the indigenous people as protagonists with the exhibition of the documentary Wayuri, about the first five years of the network of communicators that operates in Rio Negro. Wetapena nette ianhapakatti (Our medicines and blessings), by filmmaker Moisés Baniwa, collaborator of the Wayuri Network, was also broadcast.
“This project is very important. And I can already say that the Wayuri Network can continue filming and making films, one of them telling the story of São Gabriel”, said Moisés during his speech.
Learn more: Wayuri Network promotes exchange, articulation and innovation in Manaus
The sessions take place fortnightly, on Tuesdays, at 7 pm, and, after the film, there will always be a conversation circle with the participation of guests. The titles exhibited mainly bring the indigenous theme, but there will also be other approaches.
In the first session open to the public, Cine Japu will show the award-winning film Marte Um, a Brazilian film nominated for the Oscar 2023. The story brings the daily life of a lower-middle-class black family on the outskirts of a large capital.
On May 30, the indigenous theme returns to the scene, with the film Gyuri. The screening will have the presence of director Mariana Lacerda, who included São Gabriel da Cachoeira in a script for screenings of the film in the northern region of the country.
Cine Japu takes its name from the birds that every day, at dawn and dusk, take flight in front of the ISA headquarters, flying over the Rio Negro and making the connection between the urban area and the indigenous territory.
With this initiative, the ISA telecenter, which is open to the public, expands interaction with residents of the city known for being the most indigenous in the country. The local production of the new project is being carried out by actress and producer Inês Mexia and by communicator Suellen Samanta, from the Baré people. The Wayuri Communicators Network participates in the production, curatorship and mediation of the conversation and dissemination circles.
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Full house
The premiere of Cine Japu had a full house, with the presence of actors from the municipality who support the initiative. After the exhibition, there was a conversation with Wayuri Network communicators and Moisés Baniwa.
During her speech, Suellen Samanta, who became part of the Wayuri Network this year, told about an experience she had in Brasília, the city where she traveled to participate in the Terra Livre Camp (ATL), in April.
She reported the dialogue she had with the taxi driver in the federal capital: he did not know the ATL – the largest indigenous mobilization in the country – and even brought up a prejudiced and, unfortunately, quite common speech, with criticism of indigenous people who use technology. Relaxed, Suellen had the patience to talk to the driver and explain that using equipment is also part of the indigenous people’s daily life.
She believes that Cine Japu, by bringing discussions on indigenous issues, will help to deconstruct prejudices like this one.
Moisés Baniwa spoke about his experience as a filmmaker and told how he got his first camera. The photographic equipment, still analogue and with film, was bought by his father, the chief and master Luiz Laureano, of the Baniwa people, with resources from the sale of handicrafts. To develop the images, Moisés needed to send the film to Manaus. Now, he works with digital equipment that he has been getting with the support of people who admire his work.
Among those present at the Cine Japu preview were the bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Dom Edson Damian; professor and doctor Solange Pereira do Nascimento, director of the State University of Amazonas UEA/CESSG; professor Thais Moreira, from the Federal Institute of Amazonas (Ifam) – Campus São Gabriel and public defender Isabela Sales.
Cine Japu’s proposal was built in constant dialogue with Foirn. The coordinator of the Department of Indigenous Women (Dmirn), Cleocimara Reis, Piratapuya people; the coordinator of the Department of Adolescents and Young People (Dajirn), Elson Kene, Baré; the coordinator of the Department of Education, Melvino Fontes, Baniwa people; the representative of the Socio-Environmental Business Department, Tifany Máximo, from the Baré people; lawyer Adriano Silva, from the Legal Department; Josimara Melgueiro, from the Baré people, from the Rio Negro Indigenous Fund (Firn).
Founding partner of ISA, Márcio Santilli was in São Gabriel da Cachoeira and participated in the preview of Cine Japu. The deputy coordinator of ISA’s Rio Negro Program, Natália Pimenta, was at the opening and welcomed the guests. ISA’s technical team also took advantage of the session.
Before showing the films, a tribute was paid to the anthropologist Dagoberto Azevedo, from the Tukano people, who was part of the Rio Negro Program team and died on April 8. His wife Helena, from the Piratapuya people, and their daughter Adele were present. Dagoberto also left his 7-month-old daughter Ruthiene.
Synopsis
Films shown at the preview on May 2:
Wayuri
In the Northwest of Amazonas, in one of the most preserved areas of the Brazilian Amazon, around 23 indigenous peoples live in 750 indigenous communities where 16 native languages are spoken, in addition to Portuguese. To give voice to this population, the Wayuri Network of Indigenous Communicators of Rio Negro produces podcasts, videos, photos, lives, audios and texts. Wayuri means “collective work” in the Nnhengatu language. The documentary Wayuri brings the story of the first five years of operation of the Wayuri Network. The documentary is circulating at film festivals, with screenings planned in Japan, Ukraine, Portugal and Brazil
Directed by – Diana Gandara
Brazil, 2023, 25′, Free
Wetapena nette ianhapakatti (Our remedies and blessings)
Culture sustains hope and ways of continuing to exist in adversity. Cacique Keerada prepares traditional medicines and blessings, fundamental knowledge for our protection and healing. The film was shot in the Itacoatiara Mirim indigenous community, in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Directed by: Moses Baniwa
Brazil, 2019, 10 min, Free
Conversation circle: Rede Wayuri and Moisés Baniwa
Schedule
Film shown at the premiere on May 16:
mars one
The daily life of a lower-middle-class black family on the outskirts of a large capital. Between work, utopias, love and trauma, the Martins try to continue living in a changing Brazil.
Directed by: Gabriel Martins
Brazil, 2022, 115′
Official parental rating – 16 years old
World Premiere – Sundance Film Festival 2022
Brazilian Premiere – 50th Festival de Gramado
Best popular jury film, Best Screenplay, Best Musical Score and Special Jury Prize
Brazilian film nominated for Oscar 2023
Abraccine Award (Brazilian Association of Film Critics) – Best Brazilian Film of 2022
Conversation circle: Giselle Sousa, ISA development analyst, and João Claudio Moreira, journalist and indigenist.
Movie to be shown on May 30:
Gyuri
An unlikely geopolitical line between the small Hungarian village of Nagyvárad and the Yanomami Indigenous Land in the Brazilian Amazon. Jewish, survivor of World War II, Claudia Andujar went into exile in Brazil and dedicated her life to safeguarding the Yanomami peoples. Its valuable collection, its tireless militancy, its wartime past and the current vulnerability of the indigenous people are reviewed through Andujar’s dialogues with the shaman Davi Kopenawa and the activist Carlo Zacquini, with the interlocution of the Hungarian philosopher Peter Pál Pelbart.
Directed by: Mariana Lacerda
Brazil, 2020, 88min. Free
Conversation circle: director Mariana Lacerda
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