EAMI
There was an invasion, Eami lost her own and then begins a flight. The Asojá, the bird - god - woman of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode Indigenous culture flies and brings the memories of the past, the present and the future. Today the Asojá is Eami, a 5 year old girl, whose name means Mount, and means World. She must leave her place as she wonders about death and the meaning of life.
life.
Director: Paz Encina
Cast: Anel Picanerai, Curia Chiquejno Etacoro, Ducubaide Chiquenoi, Basui Picanerai Etacore, Lucas Etacori
Year: 2021
Length: 75 min
Genre: Docufiction
Language: Ayoreo, Guarani
Cast: Anel Picanerai, Curia Chiquejno Etacoro, Ducubaide Chiquenoi, Basui Picanerai Etacore, Lucas Etacori
Year: 2021
Length: 75 min
Genre: Docufiction
Language: Ayoreo, Guarani
"A work of respectful ethnography that works more like a cinematic poem of enchantment than a conventional narrative."
- Screen International
"A film that plays with rhythms and sensibilities, equal parts nature documentary and choral poem, an experimental memory essay that is also an urgent elegy for a people, a forest, a world."
- Variety
- Screen International
"A film that plays with rhythms and sensibilities, equal parts nature documentary and choral poem, an experimental memory essay that is also an urgent elegy for a people, a forest, a world."
- Variety