The origin of the Tikuna people

From the amazon it traveled around the world

In the second semester of the last year, the UNESCO recognized “The origin of the Tikuna people’ as an ethnographic movie of great transcendence, and promised to show it to the indigenous communities of various Latin American countries with the help of the ‘Asociación Nómadas’. It was screened in the light of the campaign ‘Cameras of Diversity’, and was positively received by a great number of ethnic groups. After this initial campaign it was subsequently chosen to be shown to the indigenous communities in Canada.

In Europe the work was exhibited in The United Kingdom, Italy and The Netherlands, and recently the Colombian collective ‘Daupará’ expressed interest in distributing the movie in conjunction with other ethnographic movies that will be presented in october of this year. ‘The Origin’ could also be seen in Madrid, Spain, during the festival ‘De la Colombianidad’ on the 19th of july in the light of the memorial of Colombian independence.

The indigenous that worked on the production of the movie also presented it personally for the ‘Cinema Club’ and ‘Cinema Forum’ at the Nariño University in Pastos, Colombia. In addition, the movie was invited by the Fundación Arte Nativo de Riobamba for a screening at the Festival Nacional de Cine Kunturñawi, while director Gustavo de la Hoz was invited for a seat in the festival’s jury. After the screening workshops on audiovisual production were conducted with local indigenous communities, and a promise has been made to return with the help of the University Politécnico Gran Colombiano of Bogota, Colombia, which support was also vital in the production of the movie that is now a source of pride for the Tikuna people.