Brave New Land
A young Portuguese cartographer in the 18th century finds new forms of love, war and a wild new world in an expedition into South American heart. Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to…
Brave New Land
A young Portuguese cartographer in the 18th century finds new forms of love, war and a wild new world in an expedition into South American heart. Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese Colonies in South America. When he reaches the center of the continent, finds apparently nothing but wilderness and 'uncivilized' natives with strange ways of living. But Captain Pedro, the rude scout who guides him through the jungle, involves Diogo in an involuntary act of violence which will tie him in an unusual way to that far away country. At the same time, the Portuguese colonists are trying to make peace with Guaicuru Indians (one of the few natives with horse-riding abilities). But peace doesn't ever have a low price. —Pedro Aguiar <aguiar@geocities.com> Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, 1778. At Fort Coimbra in Corumbá, a peace treaty sparks tensions between Europeans and the Kuikuro tribes of the Gran Chaco. Some Europeans accept the agreement, others oppose it, continuing to terrorize and exploit. After a group of soldiers rapes and kills ten Kuikuro girls (from the Mbayá tribe) bathing in the river, young warriors prepare revenge. The Portuguese also capture a girl, Ãnota, and a boy, possibly the son of a Kuikuro woman and a white missionary. The film depicts a dramatic mourning ritual and careful planning to punish the guilty, while highlighting fascinating aspects of Kuikuro culture. Mbayá roles were played by Kadiwéu community members, Kuikuro descendants now numbering around a thousand, the only community to survive Christianization terror. —Hayduke
Brave New Land
Drama,War
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A young Portuguese cartographer in the 18th century finds new forms of love, war and a wild new world in an expedition into South American heart. Diogo is a cartographer and artist who is encharged to set the new frontiers of Portuguese Colonies in South America. When he reaches the center of the continent, finds apparently nothing but wilderness and 'uncivilized' natives with strange ways of living.
But Captain Pedro, the rude scout who guides him through the jungle, involves Diogo in an involuntary act of violence which will tie him in an unusual way to that far away country. At the same time, the Portuguese colonists are trying to make peace with Guaicuru Indians (one of the few natives with horse-riding abilities). But peace doesn't ever have a low price.
—Pedro Aguiar <aguiar@geocities.com> Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, 1778. At Fort Coimbra in Corumbá, a peace treaty sparks tensions between Europeans and the Kuikuro tribes of the Gran Chaco. Some Europeans accept the agreement, others oppose it, continuing to terrorize and exploit.
After a group of soldiers rapes and kills ten Kuikuro girls (from the Mbayá tribe) bathing in the river, young warriors prepare revenge. The Portuguese also capture a girl, Ãnota, and a boy, possibly the son of a Kuikuro woman and a white missionary. The film depicts a dramatic mourning ritual and careful planning to punish the guilty, while highlighting fascinating aspects of Kuikuro culture.
Mbayá roles were played by Kadiwéu community members, Kuikuro descendants now numbering around a thousand, the only community to survive Christianization terror. —Hayduke.