| Director: | Lynette Wallworth |
|---|---|
| Production: | Coco Films / VR Wallworth Technicolor Experience Center, Madison Wells Media |
| Running Time: | 30’ |
| Language: | Yawanawa, English |
| Country: | USA, Brazil, Australia |
| Main Cast: | Hushahu Yawanawa, Tata Yawanawa |
| Cinematographer: | Greg Downing, Francisco Almendra, Nelson Porto |
| Editor: | Adam Cosco, Katrina Taylor, Brian Frager |
| Music: | Max Richter, William Bevan |
| Sound: | Scott Gershin, Magno Caliman |
| Visual Effects: | Technicolor Experience Center / Brian Frager, Mars Wong |
| Notes: | Installation |
Cinema
Awavena
Venice Virtual Reality
Synopsis
For the Amazonian Yawanawa, medicine has the power to transport us in a vision to a world that lies within the world we know. At the request of the Yawanawa and Hushahu, their first woman shaman-artist, Wallworth uses technology like medicine to fulfil their dream: send a message out.
Awavena is a collaboration between a community and an artist melding technology and transcendent experience to share a vision and tell the story of a people who ascended from the edge of extinction. The film aims not to provoke empathy for the Yawanawa, it is a gift from them to those who virtually visit their forest and experience a portal, opened to their world view.
Director’s Statement
This is a true story with all the power of myth. It is about Hushahu, the first woman shaman of the Yawanawa, and the radical reconfiguring that takes place when she is allowed to fulfil her destiny. The tribes’ spiritual leader Tata broke an eons old cultural taboo and sparked a revolution, one that has resonances for us all.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: Coco Films / VR Wallworth
4433 Pleasant Valley Court N
94611 – Oakland, United States
Tel. +1 4155157633
nicole@cocofilms.com
PRODUCTION 2: Technicolor Experience Center
3237 South La Cienega Boulevard
90016 - Los Angeles, United States
Tel. +1 323648-3619
marcie.jastrwo@technicolor.com
PRODUCTION 3: Madison Wells Media
1999 Avenue of the Stars
90067 - Los Angeles, United States
Tel. 424) 777-0137
info@madisonwellsmedia.com
http://www.madisonwellsmedia.com/
WORLD SALES: Marcie Jastrow - Technicolor Experience Center
3237 South La Cienega Boulevard
90016 - Los Angeles, United States
Tel. 323) 648-3619
marcie.jastrow@technicolor.com
PRESS OFFICE: Arikai Tabeson
Tel. +1 510 508 1301
arikai@jessieiscohen.com
