The Forest of the Fish Women

Three women from the Daje Kapap Eypi collective use film to preserve and share Munduruku mythology, telling stories of the world’s origins and humanity’s deep connection to nature.

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Hot DocsToronto

CanadaIt's All True Film FestivalRio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Brazil

Director Statement

For us, the directors, it is important to make this film because we are telling a story that used to be told orally, and today we tell it through documentaries. We, as young indigenous people, are always following the evolution of technology and using these tools in a way that is beneficial to us. Documentaries with stories, talking about the struggle of the Munduruku people, about the invasions that happen within the territory, as a way of taking our voices out. The film MUNDURUKUYÜ - the forest of the fish women is very important for us to value our stories, our knowledge through a film and that is really cool because we can take our story to other places. An image, a voice, that can be heard in other corners, not like in the past when we could sit down and listen... which is also very good, but nowadays that is very difficult to happen and we try to keep up with this somehow, so the film has this importance of valuing our culture and our history, which is still very much alive despite many years of invasion, of destruction within the territory. We have not yet lost our language, our stories, our sacred places, and we continue to resist. Sawé!

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