There are only 150 Mehinacu left in the world. They live in one village in the middle of the Xingu Reserve in Central Brazil. Forty years ago they were first contacted by the 'Whiteman' in the guise of Leonardo Villas-Boas, the celebrated anthropologist who established the Indian Reserve for them and neighbouring tribes. Their culture has been protected but their psychological well-being is less clear
Analysis
Cultural identity
Notes
Previously released on DVD
Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011)
Credits
Producer, John-Paul Davidson ; anthropologist and co-producer, Thomas A. Gregor ; music, Steve Marshall ; narrator, Roger Mills ; photographer, Wayne Derrick ; editors, Leila Farag, Masahiro Hirakubo
