Searching for Makunaima

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 19, 2020

Original language

Portuguese

Countries

Brazil

Cast

Tatiana Longo Figueiredo,Grande Otelo,Joana Fomm,Paulo José,Heloísa Buarque de Holanda,Jaider Esbell,Luiz Carlos Barreto

Director

Rodrigo Séllos

Writer

Juliana Colares

Producer

Leticia Friedrich

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt13707412