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Piripkura
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The last two surviving members of the Piripkura people, a nomadic tribe in the Mato Grasso region of Brazil, struggle to maintain their indigenous way of life amidst the region s massive deforestation. Living deep in the rain forest, Pakyî and Tamandua Iive off the land relying on a machete, an ax, and torch Iit in 1998. Jair Candor, a coordinator with the BraziIian Foundation for lndigenous People, made contact in 1989 and arranged for protected status which must be renewed every two years. As time runs short, Candor, and the camera team, trek deep into the uninhabited region hoping to make contact with the men as the systemic violence used against indigenous Amazon peopIe is revealed, a situation likeIy to become more perilous with Brazil s newly eIected President. |
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