A History of the Krenak

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13 January 2010

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HELP WANTED! This group seeks help to to protect its land, language and culture. Contact: <krenak31@hotmail.com>

Historically misrepresented in film and literature by non-indigenous people, the Krenak of the Minas Gerais Valley, Brazil are ready to speak for themselves. Shirley Adilson Krenak, the first university graduate of her community, proposes a documentary film, "The History of the Krenak," that will finally tell the real story of the last 200 years and the near-extermination of her people.

 

 

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