Mundurukuyü - A Floresta das Mulheres Peixe

Three women of the Daje Kapap Eypi audiovisual collective take up the camera as a weapon in defence of their ancestry to ensure the preservation and transmission of their Munduruku mythology, which speaks of the origins of the world, when humans transformed into forests, plants and animals. Making this film, however, is also an act of resistance and self-demarcation. For more than 250 years, on the banks of the Tapajós River in Pará, Brazil, the Munduruku people have been fighting against the invasion of the pariwat (non-Indigenous people) and threats of deforestation and land displacement. Journalists have come before with cameras to tell their story. This time, the Munduruku women choose to use the technology themselves, lovingly bringing to the screen the magic of their community, of their day-to-day culture, and of the spirit of the forest, which is an ancestral spiritual force and a part of the family.