The Enemy God

Here in the Amazon jungle, where the spirit world and the natural world merge, Shake has reached the highest honor a Yanomamö shaman can attain. Shake has possession of many spirits, but the Spirit most feared by all Yanomamö, is one they call Yai Wanonabälewä – The Enemy God.

Shake is a powerful shaman of the Yanomamo people. His desire is to use his power to heal and protect. Tracing his life and the life of his community over 40 years of their history, Shake tells how he and his people grapple with new ideas from the outside world and the challenging decisions they make to maintain their identity and survive as a people.

Winner of multiple film festival awards, "Yai Wanonabalewa: The Enemy God" gives a voice to a group of indigenous people as they tell their own dramatic story. The film recounts the true story of a Yanomamo shaman and the supernatural struggle for the survival of his people. It is the result of a collaboration of storytellers and filmmakers from Venezuela, Belize, Canada, and the United States.