Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

Deep in the jungle of Brazil’s Mato Grosso, in the upper course of the Xingu, this documentary follows preparations for a Jamurikumalu ritual: a festival of singing and dancing that is only performed by women. The problem is that the only woman who knows all the songs is seriously ill.
Deep in the jungle of Brazil’s Mato Grosso, in the upper course of the Xingu, this documentary follows preparations for a Jamurikumalu ritual: a festival of singing and dancing that is only performed by women. The problem is that the only woman who knows all the songs is seriously ill.