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Searching for Makunaima (2020)

★ 0.0/10 84 min Documentary Brazil Portuguese
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Paulo José
Paulo José Himself
Tatiana Longo Figueiredo Herself
Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo Archive footage
Jaider Esbell Himself
Luiz Carlos Barreto
Luiz Carlos Barreto Himself
Joana Fomm
Joana Fomm Herself
Heloísa Teixeira
Heloísa Teixeira Herself

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