Renata Otto

Despite their long history of contact with white people, dating back to the 16th century, the Maxakali have maintained their language and a degree of autonomy from the national society. Many Maxakali elders, shamans, and leaders state that their strength derives from the relationships they maintain with their "Yãmiy", their spirits.

Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rádio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to the outcasts' complaints.

Slowly we recognize traces of a couple's history. Joana, living isolated in an apartment between books and mysteries searching for an "ideal world" and Jota living on the streets searching for a confrontation with the real and trying to give back the final word to the "other"..

Despite their long history of contact with white people, dating back to the 16th century, the Maxakali have maintained their language and a degree of autonomy from the national society. Many Maxakali elders, shamans, and leaders state that their strength derives from the relationships they maintain with their "Yãmiy", their spirits.