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Awavena
NAME OF FILM: AWAVENA
DIRECTOR(S): Lynette Wallworth
STARRING: Hushahu Yawanawa, Tata Yawanawa, Mutum Community
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: The Yawanawa, an indigenous Amazonian people, see immersive technologies as tools they can co-opt to share their connected worldview. Inviting artist Lynette Wallworth to their community, the Yawanawa share the visions of Hushahu, their first woman Shaman, and our technology renders visible the luminous world they have always known.