KORUBO: AN ETHNICITY ACROSS BORDERS

Synopsis



Paradoxes between man and nature, past and present, are issues raised when studying the Korubo people - indigenous people who are divided into different groups on the border of Brazil, Peru and Colombia, and live mostly isolated. Some of these peoples started their contacts with the non-indigenous people about a decade ago. Through our cameras we experience this relationship, and try to understand our differences and possible dialogues. How did they remain isolated in the face of a globalized society? What is the importance of new contacts in Western culture? The documentary shows clippings of the lives of Korubo people, in the Javari Valley region, in the Amazon.


PROJECT HISTORY


The project is a partnership between International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, (IWGIA), based in Denmark and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain. The film was screened at the Moreira Salles Institute/Brazil and at the Pachamama Festival Border Cinema, where it won the Stefan Kaspar Community Cinema Award for Best Film. Additionally, it participated in the symposium “Multiplying Genders in Health”, organized by the Federal University of Ouro Preto/ Brazil and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Brazil.