AnthropoCena will have a Guarani cinema exhibition

The Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (LISA-USP) will show four contemporary Guarani films in its auditorium, in special sessions, as part of the AntropoCena project, followed by debates with guests. Originating from the discipline Extension Practices in Indigenous Ethnology, under the guidance of Professor Pedro Cesarino, the exhibition aims to foster debate on issues dear to indigenous peoples, such as the relationship between territory and identity, in addition to raising, with a focus on the Guarani, discussions on the place of indigenous cinema in the national and international audiovisual panorama and giving visibility to this production.

Program:

DAY 1
06/23, 4pm
Yvy Pyte - Heart of the Earth (2023), 110', by Alberto Alvares and José Cury

Debate with guests:

José Cury (co-director of the film) holds a master's degree in Social Communication from the Postgraduate Program in Communication Sciences at USP (PPGCOM) with a dissertation entitled "Community of Images: notes on Ye'kwana cinema policy". From 2012 to 2017, he was a researcher and coordinator of film training at the Observatory of Indigenous School Education (OEEI), at the Faculty of Education of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (FaE/UFMG), during which time he developed documentaries together with filmmakers from the Ye'kwana, Yanomami, Pataxó and Xakriabá peoples. From 2018 to 2019, he coordinated film training at the Culture Documentation Project - PRODOCULT, funded by UNESCO in partnership with the Museu do Índio. In 2023, he completed, co-directed with Alberto Alvares, the feature film Yvy Pyte - Coração da Terra.

Marcelo Hotimsky (anthropologist) holds a master's degree in Social Anthropology and is an associate researcher at the Center for Amerindian Studies at the University of São Paulo (CEstA). He has worked as coordinator and technical advisor for several projects with the Guarani Mbya people since 2013, and is currently a member of the General Coordination and the Guarani Program at the CTI. He holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo and has experience as an educator, with an emphasis on developing fieldwork focused on the areas of Environmental Education and Sociology.

DAY 2
06/30, 5pm
Bicicletas de Nhanderu (2011), 45', by Ariel Ortega and Patrícia Ferreira Pará Yxapy

Debate with guest:

Marcelo Hotimsky (anthropologist) holds a master's degree in Social Anthropology and is an associate researcher at the Center for Amerindian Studies at the University of São Paulo (CEstA). He has worked as coordinator and technical advisor for several projects with the Guarani Mbya people since 2013, and is currently a member of the General Coordination and the Guarani Program at the CTI. He holds a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo and has experience as an educator, with an emphasis on developing fieldwork focused on the areas of Environmental Education and Sociology.

DAY 3
07/03, 2pm
Aguyjevete Avaxi'i (2023), 21', by Kerexu Martim + Para'Í (2018), 81', by Vinicius Toro

Debate with guests:

Kerexu Martim (director of Aguyjevete Avaxi’i) is 20 years old and belongs to the Guarani M'Bya people of the Kalipety village, in the Tenondé Porã Indigenous Land, in São Paulo – SP. She participated in two audiovisual training courses at the Catitu Institute. One of them was in her village and the other in Acre. The filmmaker went there with two other Guarani friends from the same community and they edited their films. Since then, she has worked in audiovisual, thanks to the opportunity that arose in her village through the Catitu Institute, through which she made the film Aguyjevete Avaxi'i.

Vinicius Toro (director of Para’Í) is a managing partner of Travessia Filmes. He has worked among the Guarani people for over ten years and, in partnership with indigenous and indigenist organizations, carrying out various actions such as photography exhibitions, books and platforms. Between 2014 and 2022, he worked with the organization Centro de Trabalho Indigenista (CTI). Between 2022 and 2025, he carried out audiovisual training and documentary projects for Guarani villages on the coast of São Paulo, together with the organization Guarani Comité Interaldeias. In 2023, after appearing at several national and international festivals, the feature film Para’í was released in theaters in more than 15 cities across the country. The film was produced in conjunction with Terra Indígena Jaraguá and financed by the Programa de Ação de Cultural (ProAC) (Cultural Action Program). Also in partnership with CTI, he produced the short film Ava Mocoi - Os gêmeas (2022).

Monique Ara Mattos (actress from Para’Í) is a resident of the Pyau village, in the Jaraguá Indigenous Land. She starred in the feature film “Para’Í” (2018), which was shown at major film festivals in Brazil and abroad, as well as in commercial cinemas throughout the country. She works within her territory, having participated in cultural appreciation projects such as “Beleza Indígena”.

Samara Para Mirim (actress from Para’Í) is Guarani and lives in Tekoa Ytu, in São Paulo. She worked as an actress in the feature film “Para’Í” (2018) and, since then, has been involved in actions to strengthen the cultural and political standing of her people. She graduated from high school at Fábrica-escola de Humanidades and completed an internship at the Museum of Indigenous Cultures. She currently works as a communicator for the Arandu Mirim collective, an audiovisual collective made up of young people from the Jaraguá Indigenous Land.

• The event will take place at Rua do Anfiteatro, nº 181, favo/sala 10, Cidade Universitária, SP
• Free entry, subject to space limitations
• No registrations