La Guerre de pacification en Amazonie
Yves Billon
1973 - France - Couleur - 80'
Photography : Yves Billon
Sound : Christian Malcros
Editing : Yves Billon
Production : Les Films du village, Ina
Distribution : Zaradoc Films (yves.billon@zaradoc.com, +33 (0)1 47 97 24 28)
Yves Billon
1973 - France - Couleur - 80'
This document is the final chapter of the history of Brazil’s Amerindian tribes caught up in the trap of modernisation. The Parakana Indians undergo the first contact which begins the process of their pacification. They are attracted by presents laid out in the forest, then settled around camps. They are then confined to indigenous reservations before being completely assimilated by our conquering civilization. All such pacification is initiated through strategic or economic pretexts. The Amerindian civilizations of the Brazilian Amazon are either dying or definitely defunct. What can they reveal to us today aside from our own cruelty, ignorance and arrogance?
Photography : Yves Billon
Sound : Christian Malcros
Editing : Yves Billon
Production : Les Films du village, Ina
Distribution : Zaradoc Films (yves.billon@zaradoc.com, +33 (0)1 47 97 24 28)