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 Birdwatchers
(2008, 108 min.) BRAZIL
Director: Marco Bechis
In Guarani and Portuguese with English subtitles.
A powerful drama examines the continuing effects of colonialism on an indigenous community. On location in Brazil’s Matto Grosso do Sul, Guarani-Kaiowa community members play characters loosely based on themselves. In an effort to reclaim a section of their land, a group from the reserve sets up a camp on land adjoining that of a fazendero , or wealthy farmer. When a young shaman’s apprentice and the daughter of a fazendero develop a friendship, the results encompass issues of race, class, land rights, the environment and clashing worldviews that define contemporary life in the Amazon.
Image credit: Birdwatchers - courtesy of the filmmaker; Birdwatchers - courtesy of the filmmaker |
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