Our Indians
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Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how the film industry has seen and heard Brazilian indigenous peoples since they were filmed in 1912 for the first time: idealised and prejudiced, religious and militaristic, cruel and magic.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1995-01-16
Runtime: 70 mins
Director: Sylvio Back
Writer: Sylvio Back
Spoken language: English, Português
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Our Indians
Production Companies: Usina de Kyno
Production Countries: Brazil
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