Theater Vrijburcht Jan Olphert Vaillantlaan 143 1086 XZ Amsterdam (IJburg) Thursday 6 June 2019 At 20.30 hrs We are very honoured to have been given the opportunity to the screening of this very special documentary in Amsterdam. For that, we …
Documentary Tánana at 6 June in Vrijburcht (IJburg Amsterdam) Lees meer ›
On 16 April 2019 we watched the documentary Tánana with eighteen people in the cultural cinema of Griffioen VU in Amstelveen / Amsterdam. A special welcome to the winners of the prize competition held at the Molinos de Viento language …
Tánana screening at cultural cinema Griffioen VU University Amsterdam Lees meer ›
Sisoi is visiting his grandmother. Not far from grandma’s hut are killer whales (orcas) swimming. Grandma gets up and walks on the beach for a while. “What does grandma do?” Sisoi asks his parents. Gaméla turns her head briskly. Shhh, …
They have collected new stones, found in the far west, called flints, to light the fire. Gaméla, Sisoi and their parents navigate in their canoe along several glaciers. The ice creaks and cracks terrifyingly. They see impressive icebergs. And suddenly… …
(Another story based on the Yahgan mythology about heaven and earth) Gaméla never gets tired of hearing some old stories. Others terrify her. She has only listened to the myth about the older Sun-man once. She will never forget it. …
(A story based on the Yahgan mythology about heaven and earth) Gaméla rubs the sleep from her eyes. She sees her little brother still lying near the fire. Her parents are already awake. “Where are we again?”, she asks herself, …
The sunlight weakens. Slowly the day fades away. The evening is welcomed by Gaméla and Sisoi with some additional wood on the fire. As they put dry leaves between the tree trunks, the flames rise up high for a moment. …
Today is a lazy day. Gaméla leans against her mother who is preparing food near the fire. When her mother bends down her necklace tinkles. Gaméla stares at the middle link: a red snail home between rosy coloured shells hanging …