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Ka’apor: The Art of Survival
The devastation of the Amazon advances in Maranhão, Brazil. What native vegetation remains is in...
This story excerpt was translated from Portuguese. To watch the original video in full, visit Jornalismo TV Cultura. You may also watch the original story on the Rainforest Journalism Fund website here. Our website is available in English, Spanish, bahasa Indonesia, French, and Portuguese.
The series Ka'apor—People of the Forest, produced by TV Cultura in partnership with the Amazon Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center, shows how this ethnic group developed a special way to ensure their own survival in the state of Maranhão, in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest.
Reporter Lais Duarte, from TV Cultura's journalism department, spent 10 days with the Ka'apor and tells, in five chapters, the saga of this people. Journalist Jorge Valente is the editor.
