Alexandre Maxakali

After spending a few months in the Vila Verde Village, the yãmĩyhex (women-spirit) prepare to leave. The filmmakers Sueli and Isael Maxakali register the preparations and the great feast for their farewell. During the feast days, a legion of spirits crosses the village. The yãmĩyhex go away, but they always come back missing their fathers and mothers

The men of the village went hunting. A long time passed… and they did not return. The women of the village exchanged their children among themselves, so as not to be without husbands, and began to live a new life. However, one day the men returned… Spoken in their language and illustrated by the Maxakali people of Minas Gerais, Kakxop pahok is based on a traditional story of the Maxakali people (Tikmû´ûn). It forms the Hãmnõgnõy Trilogy of indigenous animations with Konãgxeka: the Maxakali flood (2016) and Mãtãnãg, the enchanted one (2019).

"Yõg ãtak: My Father, Kaiowá" tells the story of Sueli Maxakali's search for her father, Luis Kaiowá, from whom she was separated during the military dictatorship in Brazil. The film follows the filmmaker's journey to find her father again, as well as the struggles faced by the Tikmũ'ũn and Kaiowá indigenous peoples in defense of their territories and ways of life.