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              3 Archival description results for Brazil

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              Placa nao Fala. Signs don't Speak
              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S007-SS004-0009 · Item · 1997
              Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

              The Waiapi Indians in the north of Brazil negotiated the boundaries of their territory with the government to protect it from future devastation by gold prospectors. A documentary created at the Center for Indigenous Work. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
              Quilombo Country
              Quilombo Country
              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S012-SS003-0005 · Item · 2006
              Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

              In Brasil, “Quilombo Country,” a documentary film shot on digital video, provides a portrait of rural communities called “quilombos” in Brazil, which were either founded by runaway slaves or begun from abandoned plantations. As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today. Largely unknown to the outside world, today these communities struggle to preserve a rich heritage born of resistance to oppression.

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              Rituales de Posesión en el Norte de Brasil. Una Etnografía Visual
              ES ES-OVNI CTX-S007-SS002-0015 · Item · 1997
              Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

              Ethnographic documentation of the possession rituals of Mina, the religion of African origin practiced in the city of Sâo Luis. Through fragments of public rituals celebrated in seven religious communities, the video shows the diversity and richness of rituals surrounding the controversial phenomenon of possession. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show