Video in the villages, documentary and "otherness"
Video in the Villages: Through Indian Eyes, 2004, pp. 8-11
Carmo Olinda: Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, 2004
Bernarbet examines the philosophy of "otherness" of the program Video in the Villages. Through the program, indigenous villages in Brazil learn to embrace and incorporate video in the service of their projects for politic and ethnic affirmation. People from one village would travel to and film life in other villages. The films are then circulated back at their own village. In doing so, the subjects (filmmakers) shift from filming from the center to filming as an "other" themselves and through their films, enable the viewers to better understand their own cultures.
ITEM 2004.142 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
From the Ikpeng children to the world – Kumaré, Karané and Natuyu Yuwipo Txiçao
The Xavante's initiation – Caimi Waiassé, Divino Tserewahú, Jorge Protodi, Winti Suyá
The power of the dream – Divino Tserewahú
The rainy season – Isaac and Valdete Pinhanta, Tsirotsi Ashaninka, Lullu Manchineri, Maru Kaxinawá