Registration open from August 8 to 15 or until capacity is reached. On-site tickets available at the box office on event day for remaining spots. Beneath São Paulo's concrete horizon and towering buildings lies living indigenous ground. The Museum of Indigenous Cultures invites audiences to rewrite this history during the 12th Heritage Journey, aligned with this year's theme "São Paulo: Each Perspective, One Story." The event centers on the documentary premiere "Pankararu: Between Mountains and Skyscrapers," produced by young community researchers through independent investigation. The film documents the Pankararu people's trajectory since intensive migration in the 1940s, which shaped the capital's identity, culture, and structure. Researchers consulted institutional archives and updated oral history records in the Real Parque community along the Pinheiros River. The work transcends conventional documentary, functioning as an act of historical preservation. It highlights indigenous women as guardians of memory and Pankararu leadership in expanding healthcare access across the territory. The screening will be followed by discussion of new educational materials, creating space for educators, researchers, audiovisual makers, and those rethinking museums' and education's role in the metropolis. The documentary results from partnership between Indigenous Association SOS Pankararu Indigenous Community, São Paulo City Museum, Museum of Indigenous Cultures, Maracá Institute, and Aty Mirim Indigenous Council. Synopsis: What sustains a people's roots when thousands of kilometers separate their ancestral land from the asphalt they now walk? In "Pankararu: Between Mountains and Skyscrapers," this answer takes form in the voices of community women, guardians of ancestral teachings. Weaving past and present through accounts gathered by indigenous youth, the work conveys the strength of a journey begun in the 1940s toward São Paulo. Rather than a traditional migration narrative of loss, it reveals a powerful web of kinship, collective care, and knowledge transmission that extended beyond the village and transformed urban public health access. More than historical documentation, it is a testament to the undeniable pride of belonging.
