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The Video in the Villages’ project has promoted over 14 years, the encounter of the Indians with their images. The project’s proposal is to turn the video into a tool that will enable the expression of their identity, reflecting their vision about themselves and about the world.
While equipping the indigenous communities with video equipment, the project has stimulated image and information exchange among the nations. Initially the training of Indian video-makers was done village-by-village, providing records for their own use. Today, through national and regional workshops, they learn and discuss together ways to present their reality, for their own people and for the world. The documentaries develop issues that are considered important by their communities. The project’s collection includes a series of documentaries produced by the team of trainers and by indigenous video-makers, in the following categories:

VIDEO IN THE VILLAGES: The use of video by different communities.       ENCOUNTERS: Encounters and interchange between nations that have met through video recording.    
RITUALS: A way of approaching ritual and cultural traditions in complicity with the Indians.  
INDIGENOUS VIDEO MAKERS: Documentaries produced during workshops.
"INDIAN PROGRAM": A series of four programs for Public TV, in which the Indians are co-producers and presenters as well as actors.
CONFLICTS IN THE AMAZON: Conlicts and sustainable development in indigenous areas.
INDIANS IN BRAZIL: A series of videos produced for the ‘TV Escola’ (School TV) of the Ministry of Education draw a picture of contemporary indigenous reality for college students.