Cidadão Jatobá

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.

Country:

Brazil

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

14 minutes

Year:

1987

Director:

Maria Luiza d'Aboim

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Company:

Aboim Produções e Artes,

Embrafilme

Cast:
Marcos Terena

Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Nélio Ferreira

Assistant Camera

Primo Falcirolli

Still Photographer

John Howard Szerman

Still Photographer

Heron Alencar

Sound Recordist

Sílvio Da-Rin

Additional Sound Re-Recordist