Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky
Overview
During the height of the military dictatorship, Jorge Bodanzky documented the construction of the Humboldt University [research station] in Mato Grosso. While flying over the surrounding area—amidst the dense, unbroken forest—he captured an intriguing image: a large maloca (communal indigenous dwelling) where the inhabitants were attempting to strike the plane with arrows. Half a century later, the filmmaker uses this moment as a starting point to revisit—without a script—his long-standing connection to the Amazon and the story behind that image, through an approach that is both spontaneous and intimate.
Director
Liliane Maia
Top Cast
Jorge Bodanzky
Self
João Carlos Barroso
Self
Vitale Joanoni Neto
Self
Pedro Paulo Lomba
Self (archive footage)
Salomé Marques
Self
Antonio Paulo
Self
Karl Brugger
Self (archive footage)
Inês Hargreaves
Self
Evandro Carreira
Self (archive footage)
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Self (archive footage)
