Afroamerindios

The documentary Afroamerindios posits the theory that two deep-seated modes of perception existed - and came into trenchant conflict - at the time of the Pilgrims' arrival in the New World and their initial encounters with Native Americans. One "mode" - that of the indigenous tribes - involved nature and spiritual ideas, many tied inherently to animism; the other "mode" - that of the Europeans - rested squarely on a base of rational thought and reasoning. Afroamerindios both explores the former and pays tribute to its celebrators, thus contributing to the preservation of Native American cultural tropes and ideas.