Shomõtsi (2001, 42 min.)
Director: Valdete Pinhanta (Ashaninka) In Ashaninka with English subtitles.
Shomõtsi, the videomaker's uncle, lives on the border
between Brazil and Peru. The video documents Shomõtsi's
daily life and his journey to the town to get his monthly pension,
an uneasy encounter of two vastly different cultures.
Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio,
2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova,
NMAI