Lilly Baniwa is an indigenous actress, performer and researcher in Performing Arts at the State University of Campinas/UNICAMP. Her latest projects include the video performance manifesto Lithipokoroda, as a director, and the Identity Performativities Workshop, both of which were funded by the Aldir Blanc/Amazonas Law and developed in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. As an actress-creator, she has also directed the film-performance WHAA - Nós, entre ela e eu (2022) and the performance Antes do tempo existir (Before Time Exists).