Integrating & Learning
A workshop and documentary trailer exploring the over romanticization and exploitation of native cultures.
“It is urgent to reconnect with our spirituality and ancestral knowledge. How, though, can we be mindful that we are not creating yet another industry?”
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Patrick Belem will be opening the space with his medicine song and with an introduction of his journey as a filmmaker, having worked with the Huni Kuin people.
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We will get the first glimpse of the trailer of his newest documentary on the Huni Kuin people from the Brazilian Amazon and behind-the-scenes clips that did not make the final cut.
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The floor will be open for an honest discussion of the over romanticization, exploitation, and objectification of native peoples in our societies and what calls-to-action we can take.
Your Teacher, Patrick Belem
Brazilian journalist, filmmaker, and musician, descending from a family of musicians and mediums related to the Brazilian African traditions, Patrick started a spiritual quest very early. After participating in many different groups and doctrines, ayahuasca appeared in his path around the age of 18 and never went away.
After many years traveling around Asia, Latin America and Morocco doing social documentaries with Lara Jacoski, for the last 5 to 6 years he has been dedicated to making a documentary on the Huni Kuin people from the Brazilian Amazon and learning from their tradition.