Title
Os espiritos so entendem o nosso idioma = The spirits just understand our language / un filme de Cileuza Jemjusi, Robert Tamuxi, Valdeilson Jolasi.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : Utopic Documentaries, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (6 minutes)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed October 15, 2020).
In Portuguese.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Only six elders of the Manoki population in the Brazilian Amazon still speak the Indigenous language, an imminent risk of losing the means by which they communicate with their spirits. Although this is a difficult subject, the younger ones decide to narrate their version of this long story in images and words. of relations with non-Indigenous people, talking about their pains, challenges and desires. Despite all the difficulties in the current context, the struggle and hope echo in several dimensions of the short film, indicating that the Manoki language will live!
Variant and related titles
ASP-AVON OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
December 03, 2020
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.