BPS x Tibet House Presents: Eskawata Kayawai (The Spirit of Transformation)

Experience the forest and its mystery through this unreleased documentary and 6 year-long project in partnership with Brooklyn Psychedelic Society and the Tibetan House.

Eskawata Kayawai - The Spirit of Transformation tells the story of the cultural and spiritual renaissance of the Huni Kuin people from the Brazilian Amazon forest through their cultural practice  of nixi pae (ayahuasca).

The film’s director Lara Jacoski,  will be sharing stories from the six year’s of the film’s production,  diving into backstage insights and some reflections of the guardians of  the forest and sacred medicines. 

Together with Joseph Mays, the Program Director of Chacruna’s Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative (IRI), conducting collaborative research and build connections with Indigenous communities throughout the Americas.

This is a rare opportunity to watch the film in an intimate setting  (there are limited seats), as the film is yet to be released and is  currently circulating in film festivals around the…