Indigenous Creators
making waves across the globe.
A Voice Shaping Mexican Cinema
Ana Ts’uyeb
Ana Ts'uyeb is a Tzotzil filmmaker whose voice is shaping the future of Indigenous Mexican cinema. Hailing from Naranjatic Alto in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, Ana brings to the screen stories often left untold, stories of Indigenous women navigating complex cultural, social, and political landscapes with strength and grace…
Reclaiming the Frame in Indigenous Cinema
Takumã Kuikuro
Takumã Kuikuro is a filmmaker, community leader, and cultural innovator from the Kuikuro people of the Upper Xingu region in Brazil. Working at the intersection of ancestral knowledge and contemporary technology, Takumã has become one of the most influential voices in Indigenous cinema today…
Earths Inner Voice
Bárbara Kariri
Bárbara Kariri is a writer, filmmaker, performer, and researcher whose creative work emerges from the land that raised her, the Kariri territory in Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Born in the Marreco community of Quitaiús, Lavras da Mangabeira, she brings a multidimensional artistic practice rooted in Indigenous worldviews and the poetics of place…
Reclaiming Story, Memory, and Territory through Film
Kujãesage Kaiabi
Kujãesage Kaiabi is a Kaiabi filmmaker whose vision is redefining Indigenous media from within the Xingu Territory in Brazil. As one of the first women from her community to take up the camera, she is forging a cinematic path rooted in ancestry, resistance, and the everyday resilience of her people…
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