The Dead and the Others

Name: The Dead and the Others
Genre: Documentary
Released: TBA
Duration: 114 min

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Summary: There are no spirits or snakes tonight and the forest around the village is quiet. Fifteen year old Ihjãc has nightmares since he has lost his father. He is an indigenous Krahô from the north of Brazil. Ihjãc walks into darkness, his sweaty body moves with fright. A distant chant comes through the palm trees. His father’s voice calls himThere are no spirits or snakes tonight and the forest around the village is quiet. Fifteen year old Ihjãc has nightmares since he has lost his father. He is an indigenous Krahô from the north of Brazil. Ihjãc walks into darkness, his sweaty body moves with fright. A distant chant comes through the palm trees. His father’s voice calls him to the waterfall: it's time to organize the funerary feast so the spirit can depart to the dead's village. The mourning must cease. Denying his duty and in order to escape a crucial process of becoming a shaman, Ihjãc runs away to the city. Far from his people and culture, he faces the reality of being an indigenous in contemporary Brazil. [Cannes]… Expand

Director: João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 114 min

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