March 2008
 Kumaré
Txicão (Ikpeng) is from Xingu Indigenous Park
in the state of Mato Grosso. After his introduction to videomaking
in 1997, Txicão and his friend Karané Txicão
documented the Moyngo, an initiation and tattooing ceremony of
the children in his village. During the 1999 Vídeo nas
Aldeias workshop, the Ikpeng people re-enacted the celebration
of the Moyngo. The resulting film, Moyngo, The Dream of Maragareum,
a mix of fiction and non-fiction, was his first as director. In
2001, he filmed the Wagré ritual with the participation
of Karané Txicão and Natuyu Txicão. During
the 2001 VNA workshop, he directed, with Kanaré Txicão
and Natuyu Txicão, the video-letter Marangmotxíngmo
Mïrang/From the Ikpeng Children to the World. In 2006
he co-directed My First Contact with Mari Corrêa
and in 2007 developed the feature-length version of the film,
Pirinop, My First Contact. Both versions of the film have
won international awards.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit: Kumaré
Txicão - courtesy of the Video in the Villages website;
Kumaré Txicão - courtesy of Vídeo nas Aldeias
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