Queens of Orango

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In southwestern Guinea Bissau there are some islands where a very special people live, the Bissago. What is it that makes them so special? It is not the fact of living in balance and harmony with the spectacular nature that surrounds them, taking from the land or the sea only what they need to survive. Neither is their deep animistic spirituality, which marks their life with rites to acquire the knowledge of their ancestors. What makes them so special is that, in the Bissago society, the woman is the protagonist.

They are the ones who decide how to manage the crops or punish the crimes, they are the priestesses of the temple, those who can communicate with the gods, the forces of nature and the spirits of the deceased. For the Bissago, the woman is feared and respected, since they consider her capable of deciding about life and death. 

This documentary focuses on the lives of some of the women of Eticoga, the main village on the island of Orango. Through their lives and ways of looking we will know the most outstanding and peculiar aspects of this matriarchal society so different, not only from the Western way of life, but from the rest of Africa and almost all other cultures on the planet.
1080 Wildlife
Directed by: 
Raúl Bueno
Spain
2020
52'
4K or HD
Languages: 
English / Spanish
Festivals: 
_ International Green Culture Festival "Green Fest" SERBIA 2020 Official Selection
_ International Ecological Film Festival TO SAVE AND PRESERVE RUSSIA 2020 Official Selection
_Official Selection Golden Tree International Documentary Festival GERMANY 2020
_Wildlife Conservation Film Festival New York USA 2020 Official Selection
_Finalist Cardiff International Film Festival ENGLAND 2020
_Natourale GERMANY 2020 Official Selection
_Finalist Fiorenzo Serra Film Festival ITALY 2020
_Official Selection 18h International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia (CROATIA) 2021
_Official Selection Cinema e Ambiente Avezzano (ITALY) 2021
_Official Selection International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő HUNGARY 2021
_Official Selection Festival de Cine y Televisión Reino de León (SPAIN) 2021
_Official Selection INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FILM FESTIVAL AFRICA (SOUTH AFRICA) 2021
Official Selection INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FILM FESTIVAL AFRICA (SOUTH AFRICA) 2021
_Official Selection Natourale GERMANY 2020
_Official Selection Wildlife Conservation Film Festival New York USA 2020