HEALIN THE RIVER

Synopsis


An old friend of the Krenak ethnic group, Watú - the famous Rio Doce - is ill. Through a shamanic ritual, body and nature come together for a prophetic dialogue that sees catastrophe, but also the salvation of the river.
The film addresses a tragic event in the life of Rio Doce, which bathes the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo and whose hydrographic basin is one of the most important in the Southeast. The event is considered the industrial disaster with the greatest environmental impact in history involving tailings dams. Healing the River brings a new approach to the tragedy, whose artistic bias is a fundamental element to continue sensitizing people about what happened. In the face of illness, there is an urgent need for action, even if it is to expose the wound that is open.


PROJECT HISTORY


Produced in partnership with BDMG and Clovis Salgado Foundation/Brazil, the film has been screened at national and international festivals, including: Tiradentes Film Festival; PirinópolisDOC; Goiânia Short Film Festival; Indigenous Film and Video Showcase - at the Museum of Pre-Columbian Art; Cine Esquema Novo; II Festival of Ethnographic Films of Pará; Monterrey International Festival; "Place of Woman is in Cinema" Festival; Gira Festival of Resistance; Aesthetica Short Film Festival; Ethnografilm Paris; “Virada do Cerrado” Showcase; “Ecofalante” Showcase; “Sagarana” Showcase of Films Cinebaru; Free Film Showcase; “Gaxuma Cinema”: Politics of the Forest; Planeta Doc; “Quartas Curtas” at Lavras Federal University Cinema Collective; Cinalfama Lisbon Film Awards, where received the award for Best Short Film.