Xingu/Terra
Directed by the photographer Maureen Bisilliat, the documentary portraits the everyday life in the indigenous village of Mehinaku, in Alto Xingu, showing the planting and harvest of cassava, the fishing, the preparation of the annatto ink, the modeling of the domestic ceramics, the division of tasks between men and women, the work at the collective land, the relationship between parents and children, the marriage ceremony, the exchange with other villages and the great celebration of the Yamuricumã party.
Release Date
June 6, 1981Runtime
74 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Maureen BisilliatWritten by
Maureen BisilliatLanguage
PortugueseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released