Mario Franca

Mario Franca

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Soldados do Araguaia 2017 (7)

During the period of military dictatorship in Brazil, a group of low-ranking soldiers were sent to the Amazônia in order to exterminate the so-called Guerrilha do Araguaia, an armed struggle movement that was against the dictatorship. After forty years, the survivors of this mission report their combat experiences for the first time.
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Revolta dos Malês 2023 (10)

Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Muslim origin, finally gets the resources to buy her manumission, as well as that of Teresa, 11, her teenage daughter. But, contrary to an old promise, his “lord”, farmer Souza Velho, refuses to sell the girl's letter. When Pacific Licutan, Salvador's most esteemed Islamic leadership, is arrested by the Bahian authorities, the Muslim community goes into a boiling state and begins to articulate a jihad. In desperation, Guilhermina sees in the uprising the only way to win her daughter's freedom.
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Nheengatu – The Language of the Amazon 2020 (10)

Nheengatu – The Language of the Amazon takes us on a journey along the Negro River, on the trail of this language imposed on indigenous people by the first Portuguese colonialists who landed in Brazil in the 15th century. Throughout the various encounters with local communities that still speak this language, the director faces the different cultural, historical and social issues that confront tradition and future.