Searching for Makunaima (movie)

Searching for Makunaima (movie)

Por onde anda Makunaíma?
  • Production country: Brazil
  • Producer: Rodrigo Séllos
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 11/19/2020
  • Run time: 84 min.

Movie 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.

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Paulo José

Paulo José

Role(s): Himself

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Tatiana Longo Figueiredo

Tatiana Longo Figueiredo

Role(s): Herself

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Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Role(s): Archive footage

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Jaider Esbell

Jaider Esbell

Role(s): Himself

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Luiz Carlos Barreto

Luiz Carlos Barreto

Role(s): Himself

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