DANCES FOR MAMACHA CARMEN

Direction
Aristóteles Barcelos Neto
Year of publication
2015
Duration
44'
Synopsis

The worship of Our Lady of Mount Carmel by the peoples of Central and Meridional Andes is characterized by the performance of ritual masked dances, which is said to be the goddess’ favorite act of devotion. This ethnographic film presents the ritual experience lived in the Paucartambo village – a gateway to the ancient Inca region of Antisuyu – where nineteen dance groups gather every July to create a moment of socio-cosmological synthesis through the convergence of images about ancestry, colonial oppression, slavery and exchange between dwellers of different ecological zones. 

Original version in Spanish
Portuguese subtitles for the deaf
English subtitles

CREDITS: Brazil, NTSC, color, 44 min, 2015.
Direction, Production, Research and Screenplay: ARISTOTELES Barcelos Neto.
Camera: ARISTOTELES Barcelos Neto.
Editing: RICARDO Dionisio.
Thematic Project: EXPERIENCING FILM IN ANTHROPOLOGY.
Support: FAPESP, USP and SRU.
Realization: LISA.