21 de out. de 2021

Konãgxeka em Londres

 


Nosso filme de animação, Konãgxeka: O Dilúvio Maxakali (2016), está em cartaz no Brazil Indigenous Film Festival UK, que acontece de 22 a 24 de outubro, em Londres, Inglaterra.

Em matéria na Sounds and Colours, o autor Will Huddleston tece comentários sobre o filme: 

"In Konãgxeka (also from 2016), directors Isael Maxakali and Charles Bicalho present a Maxakali creation myth: the story of an enormous flood, which eventually results in a harmonious reconciliation between man and nature. In the Maxakali language – which the film uses throughout – Konãgxeka means ‘big water’, and refers to the punishment sent by the Yãmîy spirits for humanity’s greed and abandonment of the natural world around them. The deluge that comes is sparked by an indigenous villager’s betrayal of the previously productive relationship between man and animal – refusing to reward an otter that helps him catch fish. When dawn breaks the next day, the sole survivor – having sought refuge in a tree trunk – is invited to marry a female animal and thereby restore the harmony between man and beast. The sequences which convey this renewed accord are oddly hypnotic, with a spinning mandala eventually bringing the two bodies together in space."

Mais adiante, continua:

"Isael Maxakali is one of the most prominent and well-respected Indigenous artists of recent years, and this film allows him the space to showcase all of his filmmaking and artistic talent. The design is stunning, with richly coloured tableaux overlaid with cut-out animation techniques made using 2-D images produced by members of Maxakali Community of Aldeia Verde, in Minas Gerais. There is an engaging materiality to the artwork, with clearly visible marks on the canvas giving texture to the film and the traditional Maxakali art style immersing the viewer in a new universe. Despite the apparent simplicity of their medium, Maxakali and Bicalho show an aptitude for crafting drama, and a line of lightning on the horizon, or scenes of stick figures falling under mounting waves produces a remarkably powerful effect."

Para conferir a matéria completa, acesse o link:

https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/animated-shorts-at-uks-inaugural-brazil-indigenous-film-festival-show-defiant-vibrancy-of-guajajara-and-maxakali-peoples-62683/

Nenhum comentário: