Synopsis
In the Kuikuro village of Ipatse, in the Upper Xingu, an old woman feels that she will die soon. She wishes to sing and dance one last time during the Jamurikumalu, a ritual in which all the women of the surrounding villages participate. The rehearsals begin.
A word from Tënk
In the Brazilian region of Alto Xingu, a man fears the impending death of his wife, a village elder. In order for her to sing one last time, he asks their nephew to organize the Jamurikumalu, a great female ritual. The women of the group mobilize, but the only female singer on site who knows the words to the songs is sick in turn. Crossing the border between documentary and fiction, The Hyperwomen emanates spontaneity and good humor through characters who lend themselves body and soul to the cinematographic proposal. Moving away from a purely ethnographic curiosity, the work is an immersion in the daily life of the village, revealing the intra-community relations, the place of orality in this culture and the concern about the transmission of traditions that are lost between generations. Co-director Takumã Kuikuro, himself a member of this community, was trained as a filmmaker by the Video nas Aldeias project. Today, he is one of the notable indigenous voices in Brazilian cinema.
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