Kunumi, the Native Thunder
Brazil, Netherlands / Color / 12' / 2016
Werá (14) is a proud Guarani, an Indian minority living in the village of Krukutu on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. He loves hip-hop and makes songs against the unequal treatment of the Guarani and the trespassing of their land by the state.
Mauro D’Addio

Mauro D`Addio is a Brazilian director and scriptwriter. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Cinema from FAAP (Sao Paulo). In 2016 he released the youth short film “Kunumi: The Native Thunder. Among several works, his fiction film highlights are the shorts “Disorder” and “Unveiled Mary”, which were screened in venues like Hamburg, as well as winning the Revelation Prize at the Sao Paulo Int. Film Fest.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Mauro D’Addio
- Screenplay: Jan-Willem Bult, Mauro D’Addio
- Cinematography: Otavio Pupo
- Editing: Fernando Watanabe
- producer:: Jan-Willem Bult, Mauro D’Addio
- original language: Portuguese, Guarani