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Film short abstract

Indigenous filmmaker Piratá Waura explores the impact of Covid-19 on his community, the Wauja community of Xingu, Mato Grosso Brazil. Within his film, he explores the memories, impact, and cultural legacy of historic pandemics upon the community, the intersection between the Wauja communities' cosmovision, (Apapataai spirit world), traditional healing and medicine, and Covid 19 and its vaccines, and asks what will be the longterm impact of Covid 19 upon the community.

Film long abstract

Indigenous filmmaker Piratá Waura explores the impact of Covid-19 on his community, the Wauja community of Xingu, Mato Grosso Brazil. Within his film, he explores the memories, impact, and cultural legacy of historic pandemics upon the community, the intersection between the Wauja communities' cosmovision, (Apapataai spirit world), traditional healing and medicine, and Covid 19 and its vaccines, and asks what will be the longterm impact of Covid 19 upon the community.