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Backlands, America

Backlands, America

Original Title: Sertão, América

202318m

Status

Released

Release

2023

Runtime

18m

Storyline

Creating a national park in the Brazilian state of Piauí dedicated to the preservation of what are apparently the first traces of human activity in the Americas has been archeologist Niède Guidon’s life work. SERTÃO, AMÉRICA is a contemporary take on a mythical territory of Brazilian cinema, once the cinematic realm of Glauber Rocha and other giants. The film pays a brief visit to the region, which is rendered in appropriately fragile analogue textures and deteriorated colours, as small fragments of the biographies of those who used to live there hover over the animal noises of the delicately crafted soundscape.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
18m
Oct 21, 2023
Languages
Portuguese
Production Countries
Brazil

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