The Bow and the Lyre

Direction
Priscilla Ermel
Year of publication
2002
Duration
18'
Synopsis

In this documentary, we accompany Ambagá Gavião in the expression of her amorous feelings as played on the small bows Iridinam. As participants of an ethnopoetic journey into the feminine world tupi-mondé, we come upon the sonorous, aesthetic, and performative webs that give form to everyday life of women of the Ikolem village (RO, Brazil).

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NTSC, cor, 18 min, 2002.
Directed and shot by: Priscilla Ermel
Editing: Priscilla Ermel and Gianni Puzzo
Language: Portuguese and tupi-mondé
Realization: LISA
Support: FAPESP

Highlights:
* Festival Award Teueikan Présence autochtone de Montréal
(Montreal's First People's Festival).

* Award "Mario Ruspoli" at the 22nd Bilan du Film Etnographique, March 2003

* Award "Pierre Verger" video ethnography, June 2002

* Video Award Anaconda al indigenous Amazonian forests tropicales y del Chaco in Latin America and the Caribbean, Caracas, Venezuela - category Ficción, July 2002

* Honorable Mention II ECOCINE Festival of Environmental Film and Video, São Sebastião, São Paulo, September 2002


EL ARCO Y LA LIRA
En este documental, seguimos Ambagá Gavião en la expresión de sus sentimientos de amor tocada por arquinhos iridinam. En un viaje a través del universo étnico-poética femenina tupí-monde, bucear el audio web, performativas y estéticas que impregna la vida cotidiana de las mujeres indígenas de la aldea Ikolem (RO, Brasil).
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L'ARC ET LA LYRE
Dans ce documentaire, nous suivons Ambagá Gavião dans l'expression de leurs sentiments d'amour touché par arquinhos iridinam. Lors d'un voyage à travers l'univers ethno-poétique féminine Tupi-monde, plonger l'audio web, performative et esthétique qui imprègne la vie quotidienne des femmes autochtones du village Ikolem (RO, Brésil).