Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky (2026)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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)

Liliane Maia

Self

Paulo Kaban

Self

Director & Crew

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