Pirinop, My First Contact
(2007, 83 min.)
Director: Mari Corrêa, Kumaré Txicão (Ikpeng) and Karané Txicão (Ikpeng)
In Ikpeng and Portuguese with English subtitles.

Following their "first contact" in 1964, the Ikpeng people were relocated to the great Upper Xingu reserve, where their lives would no longer be threatened by settlers. A viewing of a filmed record of this signal event in their history evokes a stream of memories and provides a rare account of contact from the indigenous point of view. The consequences of contact and resettlement still impact the community, even as the Ikpeng gain more control over their future.

Image credit: Pirinop, My First Contact - courtesy of Vídeo nas Aldeias; Pirinop, My First Contact - courtesy of Vídeo nas Aldeias