Rental fee: $12Discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications. The first film made by the Mbyá-Guarani Cinema Collective, founded by Patricia Ferreira Pará Yxapy, Bicycles of Nhanderu depicts the everyday life of the Mbyá-Guarani in the filmmakers’ village of Koenju, in southern Brazil. It is centered on two young brothers—one of whom shares critical observations: “The whites always want to pay less and take more”—and several elders, guardians of traditional values and spirituality.

Bicycles of Nhanderu

Two documentaries by Indigenous filmmakers from Brazil: BICYCLES OF NHANDERU, depicting everyday life among the Mbyá-Guarani, and GUARDIANS OF THE FOREST, observing the challenges of defending the boundaries around Indigenous lands.

The documentary Guardians of the Forest opens with a shot of a long fence lined with pieces of meat. The meaning of this becomes clear over the course of the film, made by two members of the Guardians of the Forest. This group has taken on the perilous work of patrolling the Indigenous lands of Caru, where they encounter illegal livestock grazing, logging operations, and land grabs. As their territorial demarcations are not enforced by the government, Indigenous assemblies negotiate these ongoing conflicts.

Guardians of the Forest

A fragment from&nbsp;Jeguatá: travel notebook&nbsp;(Jeguatá: Caderno de Viagem) by Ana Carvalho, Ariel Kuaray Ortega, Fernando Ancil, and Patricia Yxapy;&nbsp;Rumos Itaú Cultural, 2016-2017.

Letter for Verá, from Jurina—Pindó Poty

A fragment from Jeguatá: travel notebook JEGUATÁ: TRAVEL NOTEBOOK (JEGUATÁ: CADERNO DE VIAGEM) by Ana Carvalho, Ariel Kuaray Ortega, Fernando Ancil, and Patricia Yxapy; Rumos Itaú Cultural, 2016-2017.

As part of this year's annual Les Blank Lecture, the Indigenous filmmakers Patricia Ferreira Pará Yxapy and Ariel Duarte Ortega, who made&nbsp;Bicycles of Nhanderu, engage in an illuminating conversation with Natalia Brizuela, professor of Film &amp; Media and Spanish &amp; Porguese at UC Berkeley about their filmmaking practice as members of the Mbyá-Guarani Cinema Collective. Interpretation is provided by Sandra Bezerra.&nbsp;

Bicycles of Nhanderu Recorded Conversation

As part of this year's annual Les Blank Lecture, the Indigenous filmmakers Patricia Ferreira Pará Yxapy and Ariel Duarte Ortega, who made BICYCLES OF NHANDERU, engage in an illuminating conversation with Natalia Brizuela, professor of Film & Media and Spanish & Porguese at UC Berkeley about their filmmaking practice as members of the Mbyá-Guarani Cinema Collective. Interpretation is provided by Sandra Bezerra.

Also part of the Les Blank Lecture,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Indigenous filmmakers Milson Silva Guajajara and Jocy Guajara, who made&nbsp;Guardians of the Forest,&nbsp;speak with Luisa Lanna about the essential role of filmmaking in protecting their lands. A film editor, educator, and producer, Lanna has collaborated with the Brazilian Video in the Villages project since 2017, where she coordinated the workshops for&nbsp;this film.&nbsp;Interpretation is provided by Sandra Bezerra.&nbsp;

Guardians of the Forest Recorded Conversation

Also part of the Les Blank Lecture, the Indigenous filmmakers Milson Silva Guajajara and Jocy Guajara, who made GUARDIANS OF THE FOREST, speak with Luisa Lanna about the essential role of filmmaking in protecting their lands. A film editor, educator, and producer, Lanna has collaborated with the Brazilian Video in the Villages project since 2017, where she coordinated the workshops for this film. Interpretation is provided by Sandra Bezerra.

Indigenous Guardians: Two Documentary Films

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