After years of committed tutelage, the Video in the Villages project entered yet another phase, that of works originated by indigenous makers. Carelli is still on the periphery offering his stewardship, but the creative reins are in the hands of the Indian artists. One such work is The Rainy Season (38 mins) made by an Ashaninka collective comprised of Isaac Pianko, Valdete Pianko, Tsirotsi Ashaninka, Llullu Manchineri, Maru Kaxinawá, Nelson Kulina, Fernando Katuquina, and André Kanamari. In a chronicle of life along the Amônia River during the soggy season, we are presented with the everyday details of fishing for the duck-billed asawatri, gathering murumuru pods, brewing manioc beer. But the videowork also reflects the rhythm of the village and the carefree humor of its inhabitants. Divino Tserewahu's Wai'a Rini: The Power of the Dream (65 mins) is an ambitious account of an epic Xavante ritual that occurs every fourteen years. This grand initiation rite for the "boys of wood" and the "boys of gourd" requires great physical stamina during days of ritual exercise. It is believed that "whoever suffers more, dreams more," and in dream there is great power. Tserewahu, a member of the Xavante people, periodically abandons his position as director to participate in the Wai'a Rini.

• (Total running time: 103 mins plus discussion, In Portuguese with English subtitles, Color, Beta SP, From the artist)