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The article reflects on the relation of drama, image, and anthropological “writing” from a visual anthropological perspective, based on the case of the Hã-Hã-Hãe indigenous people from northeastern Brazil and the production of a short participatory video documentary in support of the Hã-Hã-Hãe’s case. Drama is discussed as a genre that provides the basis not only for the filmic representation of the Hã-Hã-Hãe’s struggle for recognition but also for the public negotiation of the Indians’ story and the social drama of which they are a part. Due to the nature of the subject, the article is presented as a work in progress, tracing the author’s engagement with a continuously developing narrative and seeking to give an account of the fragmentary and event-oriented nature of ethnographic representation.