The
Museum of Ipiranga, in São Paulo, launches its new project titled "
Cinema in the Museum". After nearly 10 years closed, the museum, which reopened in 2022, will have
cinema sessions featuring Brazilian films and documentaries followed by discussions with professionals involved in the production of the works. The program will be
semiannual with
free admission, and will offer the public a chance to explore titles that relate to the narratives and themes addressed in the exhibitions on display.
The first session of the project will take place on April 5th at 3 PM, in the museum's auditorium, with the screening of the documentary "Tava, the House of Stone" (2012). The feature was produced by the NGO Video in the Villages, founded by indigenous rights activist Vincent Carelli. For the discussion, audiovisual creator Patrícia Ferreira Pará Yxapy and filmmaker Ariel Ortega Kuaray Poty, who co-direct alongside Ernesto de Carvalho and Vincent Carelli, have been invited. The conversation will be mediated by historian David Ribeiro
. The film shows different dimensions of indigenous thought and their relations with the ruins of the Jesuit Missions of the Mbya-Guarani – witnesses of the territory's occupation by European Jesuit missionaries. The ruins, located in the South of Brazil and Argentina, are dated to the 17th century and recognized as World Cultural and Natural Heritage by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1983. To ensure admission, it is necessary to register through the museum's website. The second session of Cinema in the Museum is scheduled for November with the film "All the Dead 
