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Awá People
Full HD | 2015 | Colors | Documentary Series | 5 x 26' episodes
Director: Mariana Fagundes
Editor: Fabian Remy
Production: Night
Despite the unequivocal clarity of the Brazilian Federal Constitution, there are many difficulties that the native peoples of the country face today in order to guarantee their right to land. This is the theme of the Gente Awá series. To document and discuss the indigenous struggle for land in contemporary Brazil, the project team traveled 29,000 kilometers, interviewing more than 40 people and also visiting seven indigenous communities. The series, made up of five episodes, draws a parallel between two cases: the Awá-Guajá, from Maranhão, and the Guarani-Kaiowá, from Mato Grosso do Sul, ethnic groups that live, respectively, inside and outside the legal Amazon. Through dialogue with indigenous leaders, thinkers and experts on the subject, the series seeks to show that the challenge of the struggle for territory continues to mark indigenous communities in Brazil in the 21st century.