Hakani: A Survivor's Story
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- 2008
| Hakani: A Survivor's Story | |
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| Directed by | David Loren Cunningham |
| Written by | Kevin Miller (story and screenplay) |
| Starring | Cast of Indigenous people |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Hakani is a 30-minute movie denouncing the occurrence of infanticide in tribal communities in Brazil. It was produced by ATINI[1] and Youth With A Mission. The Brazilian government officials said "the missionaries are exaggerating and exploiting the issue to justify their attempts to convert Indians to Christianity".[2][3] In 2009, Survival International released a statement that film is "faked, that the earth covering the children's faces is actually chocolate cake, and that the film's claim that infanticide among Brazilian Indians is widespread is false."[4][5]
The movie was an independent production supported by a variety of organizations from Brazil and abroad. Directed by David Loren Cunningham, (The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, After..., The Path to 9/11).[6] Screenwriter, Kevin Miller (No Saints for Sinners, With God On Our Side, Trunk, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, After...).[7]
Most of the docu-drama was shot at Jocum’s campus in the city of Porto Velho.