Branco P

On its 90th birthday, the majestic Cinema Rio Branco becomes a movie, and premieres in itself.

Program of biographical character, about Camilo Castelo Branco. Poetically, it recreates the passage of the melancholy presence of the writer, lonely by the land, while an old storyteller shares the biography of the renowned author for simple people of a humble settlement.

Roberto Carlos, a 20 year old black man, runs fast down the street to not miss the bus. This is his version of the story. Isabella, a white woman, claims that he had stolen her purse. The main question is: who speaks the truth? This realistic short film reflects a little bit of the Brazilian racist scene.

Detailed description of the diplomatic and territorial conquests of José Maria Paranhos, the Baron of Rio Branco. Considered the father of Brazilian diplomacy, Rio Branco, through his skillful negotiation skills, was the protagonist of important diplomatic resolutions, which preserved a large part of Brazillian borders.

The creation of the Xingu Indigenous Park is reassessed by indigenous peoples and anthropologists. Almost 50 years after the initiative, which had the decisive participation of the indigenist brothers Cláudio and Orlando Villas-Bôas, the older indigenous people still have not forgotten the original lands they left behind. Some want to go back to their old origins.

In 2010 Marãiwatsede received the sad title of the most devastated area in the Amazon. The film tells the story of the Xavante people who had their land taken by the military in the beginning of the dictatorship, to create the Suiá Missu farm, considered the largest landowning in the world in the 1970s. The Indians are back and want to recover their territory. .

Once a year, a family gathers and challenges the weather to plant, harvest and produce manioc flour in the interior of Alagoas. A food that is the basis of Brazilian culture and the roots of a people. A silent tradition that gradually reaches its end.