Carlos Fausto
Carlos Fausto is an associate professor of anthropology at the Museu Nacional (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) and has published worldwide. Fausto has been conducting fieldwork among Amazonian indigenous peoples since 1988 and coordinates a video project - since 2002 - among the Kuikuro people, where he also develops a long-term photographic project. The Hyperwomen is his feature debut.
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The Hyperwomen
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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.
The Hyperwomen
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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.
