Notes on Filmmaking
English + Português
When the pandemic was declared March 11, 2020, I was in the midst of releasing a film. I am a Brazilian filmmaker, and the film in question…
Theme: Film and TV
That Lovely Violence of Ours
English + Español
It used to be there were products that hid violent messages to attract consumers. Now, there is nothing subliminal in finding human heads inside coolers with a grocery store brand, heads rolling in a bar in the middle of the track, heads slaughtered on video, heads shattered…
Women’s Education as Miskito Self-Preservation
English + Español
In the mornings, we woke up to the frogs calling out for rain. My routine as a child was the same every day; I would crawl out from my mosquito net and look for my mother. She would already…
The Daily Struggle of Medical Workers in Brazil
English + Português
In February 2020, I was getting ready to launch the second season of Basic Unit, the fictional TV medical series I started creating 10 years ago. I’m a medical doctor and I’d dreamed up this program that portrays the daily routine of a team of primary health care…
The Defense of Life within the Forest
English + Português
“The most important thing is audacity,” the Amazonian environmental activist Maria said to me. “If you have the courage to fight, then fight,” her husband, Zé Claudio, emphasized…