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The indigenous tribesman who became a film maker

Takumã Kuikuro's unlikely career began in his remote home village of Ipatse in the state of Mato Grosso in central Brazil. The village is eight hours by river and road from the nearest small city. Most young men of the Kuikuro people are expected to stay in their village. But Takumã's destiny changed when an organisation called "Video in Villages" came along and handed over filming equipment to the community so they could record themselves and their own traditions. Takumã told Outlook what life was like for him as a child....

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