LIVING LIBRARIES WISDOM SERIES
OUR ELDERS ARE STILL ALIVE. THANKS TO THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ALTAR OF NATURE - RESPECTING THE NATURAL RHYTHM , OUR CYCLES AND UNDERSTANDING LIFE BEYOND MENTALITY THEY ARE THE WISDOM KEEPERS OF A BALANCED RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL SORTS OF MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE.
THIS KNOWLEDGE IS STILL ALIVE AMONG US. THROUGH OUR GUARDIANS, WE CAN STILL LEARN HOW TO LIVE A MORE HARMONIOUS LIFE WITH INTEGRITY. - BUT WE MUST ACT NOW.
WE FACE A CHALLENGING SCENARIO. IN THE PAST DECADES, PART OF THE YOUNG GENERATION OF THESE TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES HAVE WALKED AWAY FROM THEIR LINEAGE TEACHINGS OR BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM THEM, DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES, ATTACKS FROM EXTRACTIVISM OR A NEED TO MOVE INTO THE CITY. MANY ELDERS ARE HOLDING ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT FINDING WHO TO SHARE IT WITH, ENDANGERING UNINTERRUPTED ORAL TRANSMISSIONS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THIS PROJECT COMES TO SERVE THE ROLE OF THE ONE WHO FOLLOWS THE LINEAGE OF THE WISDOM KEEPERS OF THE UNWRITTEN NATURAL LAW.
BY OBSERVING, EXPERIENCING AND RECEIVING THE LIVING KNOWLEDGE FROM OUR ELDERS, OF THEIR ANCIENT SCIENCE PASSED ON TROUGH ORALITY, DOCUMENTARY FILMS WILL BE DONE IN RESPECTFUL WAY SEEKING TO PRESERVE AND NURTURE SUCH VALUABLE TEACHINGS, CREATING A LIBRARY OF WISDOM.
AFTER DECADES OF OPEN GENOCIDE IN BRAZIL AND WITH THE CONSTANT THREATS OF LIFE ON PLANET EARTH, BE IT FOR HUMANS/NATURE, THE ELDERS OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKING FOR HELP TO DOCUMENT THEIR ORAL KNOWLEDGE WITH THE TOOLS AVAILABLE IN THE WESTERN WORLD, THUS BEING ABLE TO IMMORTALIZE THEIR LIVING WISDOM FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME.
THE PROJECT ALSO VALUES, ENCOURAGES AND EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THESE COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS SERIES, TO FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF THEIR ANCESTORS' DREAMS. BASED ON THEIR OWN BELIEFS: A CULTURE ONLY DIES WHEN IT IS COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN, UNTIL THEN, EVERYTHING IS ALIVE.
ANCESTRY AS A WAY OF RECONNECTING HUMANITY.
ANCESTRY IS MEMORY THAT TRANSCENDS TIME AND SPACE, OFFERING THE RIGHT PACE TO WALK IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. BY RECOGNIZING THIS, WE ARE OPEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECREATE POSSIBLE HEALTHY PRESENT-FUTURES. ANCESTRY IS WHAT YOU DO TODAY ABOUT YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW - BE THE BRIDGE.
A JOURNEY INTRODUCING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF LATIN AMERICA, AND THE SACRED KNOWLEDGE OF HUMANITY.
NAVIGATING THROUGH THE RICH DIVERSITY OF ETHNICITIES, GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURES, BY LISTENING TO THE TEACHINGS OF OUR WISE ELDERS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP AMONG ALL LIVING THINGS, WE WILL TRANSCEND THE RATIONAL BARRIER, ALLOWING FOR AN INTEGRAL UNDERSTANDING THAT HOPEFULLY, WILL LEAD US TO THE FEELING OF UNITY WITH CREATION.
[ ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCU SERIES > LISTEN + OBSERVE + REGISTER ] CREATE AN EPISODE PER VILLAGE + SMALL CONTENT CAPSULES CHRONICLE THE SERIES THROUGH JOURNALISTIC ARTICLES WITH A SELECTION OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS GENERATION OF REPORTS ABOUT EACH COMMUNITY TO BE ARTICULATED WITH INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORT THE VILLAGES WE WORK WITH OFFER COMMUNICATION TRAININGS TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VOICE THE TRADITION OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. SHARING ALL CONTENT IN WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP PLATFORMS IN THREE LANGUAGES (ENG/SPA/PORT)
[ FIRST LEG ] FILMING FIRST EPISODES IN DEC2023-MARCH2024 OCCIDENTAL BRAZILIAN AMAZON WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITYS OF HUNI KUIN - YAWANAWA - ASHANINKA - NOKE KUI - SHANENAWA [ NEXT ] WESTERN AMAZON / NORTH BRAZIL / CENTRAL AND SOUTH BRAZIL COLOMBIA / PERU / BOLIVIA / ECUADOR / VENEZUELA / CHILE PARAGUAY / ARGENTINA / CHILE / URUGUAY / GUIANA 'S / SURINAME
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A BEM-TE-VI CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS FROM "ESKAWATA KAYAWAI" (BRAZIL 2022) & "BETTER DAYS" (INDIA 2017) A 6 YEARS PROJECT IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON PREMIERED AT PS2023 FROM MAPS FOLLOWED BY A 3 MONTHS US TOUR WITH 32 SCREENINGS AND A 3 MONTHS EU TOUR, ACCEPTED IN 4 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS (US/ EU/ AU/ ARG)
FOUNDED BY
WITH A TEAM WORKING WITH TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES IN ALL LATIN AMERICA BETWEEN 5-10 YEARS
LARA JACOSKI /BR
DIRECTOR-FILMMAKER
ARACELI BAÑOS /ES INDIG. RELATIONS
THAIZ DINIZ /BR HUMAN RIGHTS
A 6 MONTHS PROJECT IN INDIA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH BETTER DAYS MAGAZINE, TIMES NOW AND FACEBOOK, RELEASING 6 EPISODES ABOUT INSPIRING LOCAL PEOPLE. WITH +500K VIEWS ON THE INTERNET, SCREENED IN 4 INT FESTIVALS (IN, RU, UK, US)
EXECUTIVE PROD. PRODUCER-TEACHER FILMMAKER-SOUND KELLEN DIAS /BR SOCIAL MEDIA ALEX MORENO /US FRAN RIVAROLA /ARG PATRICK BELEM/BR PHOT0 STILL-TEACHER THUANY TRINDADE /BR
LUANA MARIA /BR ANTHROPOLOGIST FABI VERISSIMO /BR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FAISAL TISNÉS /CO FILMMAKER-SOUND CAROL DE PADUA /BR ANTHROPOLOGIST FILIPE RIBEIRO /BR PRODUCER RAPHAEL PAPALARDO /BR FILMMAKER-PHOTO LEO BARBIERI /BR DESIGNER-ILLUSTRATOR
EVA CESAROVA / CZ INTERN. RELAT.
JULIA PESSINI/BR SOUND CAMERA NINA OLIVEIRA /BR
EDITOR ASSISTANT CARLON HARDT-BR REELS VIDEOS AMANDA BRENCYS/BR-US MARKETING ROBSON DE PAULA-BR EDITOR/ANIMATION DERKACH MIKA/RU