Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky

  • Movie
  • 2026
  • 1h 26m
  • Documentary

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
Starring
Jorge Bodanzky, João Carlos Barroso, Vitale Joanoni Neto, Pedro Paulo Lomba

Cast

  • Jorge Bodanzky

    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

    Claude Lévi-Strauss

    Self (archive footage)

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