To help you navigate this video, we invite you to answer the following questions as you watch it.

Who did Tarsila give Abaporu as a birthday present? Why do you think this was important for the story and art history?
How did Amaral organise the composition of Abaporu?
Why did she give such great importance to the feet?
Why is the head so small?
What is the significance of the sun?
Why do you think she added the cactus in the back?
What does Abaporu mean?
Who gave it its name?
What is the Anthopophagic Manifesto?
What does Anthropophagic mean? Why did they give it that name?
Why is this movement distinct from surrealism and other European avant-garde?

Did this movement imply a total dismissal of their European background?

Did this movement focus exclusively on the indigenous and ancestral traditions?

What was the importance of the Pindorama Matriarchy?

Was this an intellectual movement?

What is their innovation? Where was the cultural transformation occurring in their bodies, and why do you think it was essential to happen there?