Tech-ready, the Yanomami take charge of their message

By Alex Spengler
Updated September 3 2017 - 9:53am, first published 9:35am
Romeu Iximaw????teri Yanomami (behind the camera) and?? Silvano Ironasiteri Yanomami to his right, organise Yanomami children for a video shoot.
Romeu Iximaw????teri Yanomami (behind the camera) and?? Silvano Ironasiteri Yanomami to his right, organise Yanomami children for a video shoot.
Romeu Iximaw????teri Yanomami (behind the camera) and Silvano Ironasiteri Yanomami to his right, organise Yanomami children for a video shoot.
Romeu Iximaw????teri Yanomami (behind the camera) and Silvano Ironasiteri Yanomami to his right, organise Yanomami children for a video shoot.
From left,?? Ricardo Pukimapiweiteri Yanomami, Silvano Ironasiteri Yanomami and?? F????bio Iximaw????teri Yanomami work on their audio visual skills.??
From left,?? Ricardo Pukimapiweiteri Yanomami, Silvano Ironasiteri Yanomami and?? F????bio Iximaw????teri Yanomami work on their audio visual skills.??

"The white people come here to take images and do not show them back to us," says Octavio Yanomami from the Marauia River, where the Brazilian Amazon forest licks the Venezuelan border, as he holds a camera for the first time.

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