The Spirit of Transformation
SYNOPSIS: A journey into the heart of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest where the self-claimed Huni Kuin (meaning true people) are undergoing a remarkable cultural renaissance. Enduring decades of slavery and oppression, they were once forbidden to live their true identity.
VIDEO HD / 82 min / COLOR / 2023
TEASER
Over the past 20 years, guided by the spiritual leader Ninawá Pai da Mata and other revered figures, these communities of the Humaitá Indigenous Land have prayed and strengthened their culture, remembering and practicing their ancient ways.
Today, they stand at a cultural zenith - a tale of unwavering resilience and fortitude emanating from the heart of the Amazon, now shared and narrated by the Huni Kuin themselves, resonating across the world in these transformative times.
How an indigenous group once slaved comes back to their
original culture and finds a way how to thrive? For the Huni Kuin
people at the Amazon forest, the answer is ayahuasca.
The Huni Kuin people once forbidden to live their lives, to live their culture and to speak their own language. After many years of living as white people, they have awakened to go back to their roots. Rediscovering their ancestrality and remembering their culture.
This film is about a region where they stood for themselves
and changed their lives forever, entering a new era, the time
of the indigenous right. In this new era, the Huni Kuin now live
in harmony with nature and their sacred knowledge, also sharing their healing culture around the world with their knowledge,
culture and spirituality from the forest, their own cultural festivals where they gather the indigenous with the non indigenous, creating
a great cultural apex. We hope this film can help other indigenous land and society as a whole to go back to their roots and be in harmony with themselves and planet Earth.
FESTIVALS
JUN/2023 ARG, Buenos Aires - Construir Cine Film Festival /// Awarded: Special Award.
JUL/2023 USA, New York - 27th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival
JUL/2023 PT, Idanha-A-Nova - Invited to BOOM Festival
AUG/2023 AUS, Adelaide - SCINEMA International Science Fil
SEPT/2023 USA, Texas - Festival De Cine Latino Americano /// Awarded: Best Documentary award
OCT/2023, BE, Brussels - Festival Cine Luso Espirito Mundo
NOV/2023, USA, North Caroline - Outerbank Film Festival /// Awarded: Best Documentary Science and Spiritualitly
NOV/2023, USA, Los Angeles - Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival
DEC/2023, ES, Barcelona - Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos
FEB/2024, USA, Colorado - Colorado Environmental Film Festival
-MAR/2024, AUS, Byron Bay - Bangalow Film Festival
MAR/2024, Argentina & Uruguay - “Mostra Brasil Circuito Inffinito”
APR/2024, ISR, Tel Aviv - Spirit Film Festival
MAY/2024, PT, Santarém - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Santarém
MAY/2024, BR, São Paulo - Mostra Eu Mais Velha
JUL/2024, BR, São Paulo - 3ª edição Mostra Ecofalante de Cinema
AUG/2024, South Korea (20 villages tour) - Aporia International Village Film Festival
SCREENINGS
MT : Aldeia Ripá / Povo Originário Xavante
TO : Aldeia Fontoura / Povo Originário Karajá
Encontro etnias Kanela, Karajá, Baré e Xucuru-Kariri
SP : Aldeia Rio Silveira / Povo Originário Guarani Mbya e Kaxariba
BA : Serra Grande @ Sam's Jam, Casa Serpente, Oca Yary
Com a presença do povo originário Kamayurá e Yawalapiti
BA : Algodões, Península de Maraú @ Oca do Mar
"Festival Equinox" com a presença do povo originário YAWANAWÁ
GO : Alto Paraíso de Goias @ Sintropia
"Festival Mãe D'Água" com a presença de Biruani, Bixku e Nawá Siã Huni Kuin
SC : Florianópolis @ Vila Abacate
PR : Gus Benke / Curitiba @ Gus Benke, Casa Raíz, Guata Ete Porã
GT : San Marcos Atitlán @ Espacio Lush
CO : Bogota @ Valle de Leiva
Europe Private Screenings for the film finalisation:
SLK, Bratislava - Nova Cvernovka
CZR, Prague - Kino Bio Oko
SLO - Ljubljana and Maribor
GE, Berlin - Moviemento Kino Kreuzberg & Anomalie Art Club
NE, Amsterdam - Dehoorneboeg
ESP, Ibiza - The House of Colors
UK, London - Portico Gallery with the presence of
Ninawá Pai da Mata, Yube Huni Kuin and Shene Huni Kuin
4th June : Los Angeles / CA @ Yanapuma
> 9th June : Big Bear / CA @ Aniwa Gathering - with the presence / com a presença de Mapu Huni Kuin,
Ninawá Pai da Mata, Benki & Rani Piyako (Ashaninka), Beptuk Metuktire (Kayapo) e Matsini Yawanawa and family
> 290th June : Denver / CO @ Psychedelic Science Conference
> 25th June : Boulder / NM - Intimate screening
> 26th June : Boulder / NM - Intimate screening
> 29th June : Placitas / NM - Intimate screening
Brazil-
MT : Aldeia Ripá / Povo Originário Xavante
TO : Aldeia Fontoura / Povo Originário Karajá
SP : Aldeia Rio Silveira / Povo Originário Guarani Mbya e Kaxariba
BA : Serra Grande @ Sam's Jam, Casa Serpente, Oca Yary
Com a presença do povo originário Kamayurá e Yawalapiti
BA : Algodões, Península de Maraú @ Oca do Mar
"Festival Equinox" com a presença do povo originário YAWANAWÁ
GO : Alto Paraíso de Goias @ Sintropia
"Festival Mãe D'Água" com a presença de Biruani, Bixku e Nawá Siã Huni Kuin
SC : Florianópolis @ Vila Abacate
PR : Gus Benke / Curitiba @ Gus Benke, Casa Raíz, Guata Ete Porã
GT : San Marcos Atitlán @ Espacio Lush
CO : Bogota @ Valle de Leiva
Europe & USA
SLK, Bratislava - Nova Cvernovka
CZR, Prague - Kino Bio Oko
SLO - Ljubljana and Maribor
GE, Berlin - Moviemento Kino Kreuzberg & Anomalie Art Club
NE, Amsterdam - Dehoorneboeg
ESP, Ibiza - The House of Colors
UK, London - Portico Gallery with the presence of
Ninawá Pai da Mata, Yube Huni Kuin and Shene Huni Kuin
Santa Fe / NM @ Synergia Ranch
Boulder / CO - Intimate Screening
NYC / NY @ Golden Drum
NYC / NY @ Tibet House together with Brooklyn Psychedelic Society
New Haven / NY @ Centered together with Elm City Psychedelic Society
Seattle @ together with Cascadia Psychedelic Society
Port Townsend / WA - Intimate screening
Portland / OR @ The Haven together with Psanctum
Grass Valley / CA @ Intimate Screening in Grass Valley
Berkeley / CA @ Portal Community Center together with SFPS and Chacruna - with the presence of Danielly Nova and Bia Labate
Berkeley / CA @ Casa de Cultura, with Nawabu Culture - with Txaná Mashã Huni Kuin
Topanga - Los Angeles / CA @ Intimate screening together with Psychedelia Integration and Children of the Rainforest Foundation
Atlanta / GE @ Emory University - together with The Wall Green Journal
Kensington / MD @ Blue House Productions - together with MoCo Psychedelic Society
Richmond / VA @ Black Iris Gallery
Washington / DC @ Selina Hotel
New York / NY @ Gaia NoMaya
Woodstock / NY @ ESKFF Nest
Martha's Vineyard / MA @ West Tisbury Library
Martha's Vineyard / MA @ Native Earth Teaching Farm
Norwich / CT @ The Holey Club - togehter with Yoga Rosa
New Haven / CT @ West Rock Wellness - together with Elm City Psychedelic Socirty
New York / NY @ Psychedelic Assembly - together with Psychedelic Sisterhood
New York / NY @ 27th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival - together with NYC Parks
July - London /UK - Cinema Screening at Private Cinema in Soho
London /UK - Cinema Screening at Picture House presents at The Ritzy Cinema
Prague /CZ - Cinema Screening @ Kino Pilotu Cinema together with Saravá Foundation
Brno /CZ - Cinema Screening @ Kino Art cinema screening together with Saravá Foundation
Bratislava /SK - Cinema Screening @
Ostrava /CZ @ Asaya CentreScreening
Cieńsza /PL @ Pracownica Cieńsza
Warsaw /PL @ Mlyn Kreacji
Viena /AT @ Aboretum Villa Kraus
Zurich /SWI @ Kasheme
Lisbon /PT @ Terra do Sol
São Luis /PT @ O Ninho
Directed and shot by
LARA JACOSKI & PATRICK BELEM
DOP
LARA JACOSKI , PATRICK BELEM , LUCÍA ALONSO
Co-produced by
BEM-TE-VI (BR) + HINTERLAND (NO)
Executive Production
ALEX MORENO (US) + COCO AMOS (AF) + OONA CHAPLIN (US) + TORSTEN GRUDE (NO)
Soundtrack
HUNI KUIN PEOPLE
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