Searching for Makunaima

Searching for Makunaima (2020)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2020-11-19
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Production Country: Brazil
  • Director: Rodrigo Séllos

Summary

Searching for Makunaima is a cultural and historical account of the most Brazilian character there is in fiction. The film begins with Makunaima, one of the founding myths of the native people from the border between Brazil-Venezuela-Guiana, first captured in the writings of the German ethnographer Koch-Grünberg at the beginning of the 1910s. With interviews in Portuguese, German, Spanish, and in the indigenous languages Macuxi and Taurepang, Searching for Macunaima reclaims this amazing character who represents Brazil in many ways (from literature to cinema to theatre) and remains relevant to date.

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  • Paulo José

    as Himself
  • Tatiana Longo Figueiredo

    as Herself
  • Grande Otelo

    as Archive footage
  • Jaider Esbell

    as Himself
  • Luiz Carlos Barreto

    as Himself
  • Joana Fomm

    as Herself
  • Heloísa Teixeira

    as Herself
Production Leticia Friedrich Producer
Editing Rodrigo Séllos Editor
Crew Julio Constantini Cinematography
Writing Juliana Colares Writer
Directing Rodrigo Séllos Director

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