The Amazon

Scene from Iracema - Uma Transa Amazónica

Iracema – Uma Transa Amazónica

Jorge Bodanzky and Orlando Senna’s once-banned film is an unusual proposition: half social drama, half documentary. The journey of an indigenous, teenage sex worker along the developing Trans-Amazónica Highway is a window into the extractive misery forced on Amazonian communities by the military regime.

Jamilli Correa in a scene from Manas

Manas

A 13 year old girl in a remote village in the Amazon tries to escape a cycle of abuse. Developed from 10 years of research, documentary filmmaker Marianna Brennand’s first narrative feature explores unspoken truths and networks of complicity.