Two Lawalapiti young men from Alto Xingu learn to build a canoe from the bark of the jatobá tree, a quick and simple technique that leaves the tree still rooted and alive, and that has ceased to be used and is only known by the oldest Lawalapiti men.
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Maria Luiza d'Aboim Director · John Howard Szerman Cinematographer
First release May 7, 1987 · Produced in Brazil · Production Embrafilme
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Aboim Produções e Artes
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France · May 7, 1987
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
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