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202656 minPGdocumentary

A Feathered Memory

202656 minPGdocumentary

Daiara Tukano, a Brazilian Indigenous artist and activist, creates a mural at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, linking Dutch colonial history to Amazonian wisdom.

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Daiara Tukano, a Brazilian Indigenous artist and activist, creates a mural at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, linking Dutch colonial history to Amazonian wisdom.

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Ida Does

Ida Doesdirector

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Uma Memória Emplumada (A Feathered Memory) is a poetic documentary by Ida Does about Brazilian Indigenous artist and human rights activist Daiara Tukano, a member of the Tukano people from the Amazon. As she creates a monumental mural at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, a layered story unfolds — one that connects the colonial history of the Netherlands with the living wisdom of the Amazon.

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