The promo from the documentary Hakani – this is some pretty disturbing stuff:
Check out its Wikipedia page and you’ll find out some straightforward background info:
Hakani is a controversial movie addressing the theme of infanticide in tribal communities in Brazil. The film takes the format of a documentary featuring a dramatic reconstruction of the true story of an attempted infanticide…The movie is part of a wider movement against infanticide amongst Brazilian Amazonian tribes. The pressure brought by the movie has brought the issue into the public eye and as far as the Brazilian Congress with a new law, Muwaji’s Law, being proposed. The law would allow an Indian child to be removed from its parents on the evidence that the child might be the target of a planned infanticide.
And then some information that is, perhaps, more disturbing than the promo. The film has its critics.
Opposition to a film effectively decrying infanticide? On what basis? Well, the most vocal of them is a purported “human rights” (uh…) organization called Survival International. Now, for SI, what legitimizes this viciously cruel, superstitiously-inspired sacrifice of an innocent life?
The organisation claims that the film is a tool for evangelical Christian groups to increase their ability to spread religious belief despite the Brazilian government’s concerns about their methods.
You know, when it comes to being buried alive or receiving theological proselytizing, I think I’ll take the proselytizing.
A symptom of ethical relativism. Really. That’s disgusting.
