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Director Divino Tserewahú

Wapté Mnhõnõ: The Xavante Initiation
(1999, 75 min. Documentary) BRAZIL
Producer: Bartolomeu Patira
Director: Divino Tserewahú (Xavánte); Jorge Protodi; Caimi Waiasse; Whinti Suyá; Bartolomeu Patira
Produced by: Video in the Villages

Five Native videomakers film the complete cycle of initiation of a group of Xavante boys over a two-year period.

Image credit: Director Divino Tserewahú - courtesy of Tim Warner

Divino Tserewahú

2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - US Premiere

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