Director: Murito Santos
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Production Co.: Log On Editora Multimídia
Country: Brazil
Year: 2005
Language: Portuguese
Format: DVD
Summary: This documentary reflects on the physical and symbolic violence perpetrated by the Brazilian state against the Tenehar/Guajajara people, who believed role of the Catholic Church as to civilize and integrate the Indians into the national life. The massacre was rooted in cultural and religious intolerance, ethnocentrism, and a belief in the superiority of the white-Christian culture.
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