Brazilian Government Reportedly Unhappy With New Film On Infanticide

Last month I wrote about a film I'd seen in Hawaii called Hakani which deals with the gruesome practice of infanticide among certain tribes in the Amazon. As a father of twins, I took particular offense at the practice of of burying alive twins whom witch doctors have branded as bad luck, but the problem also afflicts the handicapped and those who are the product of infidelity. The film highlights the courageous actions of some of the indigenous people among them to rescue and adopt children who have been rescued from this horrible fate.

Amazingly, the filmmakers say they are running into opposition from the government of Brazil which they say is threatening to imprison the adoptive parents and separate them from the children they rescued from death. They say that the Brazilian Office of Indian Affairs led by a man named Mercio Meira is attempting to ban the film in that country and shut down a website that shows clips of the film and has been threatening legal action.

More on the controversy here