Varῖ, an anthropologist and indigenous woman lives an interethnic conflict. She is no longer seen as a true Marubo. In the university, she sees herself as an outsider. Delvair, an anthropologist who witnessed Varῖ’s birth in the 70’s, is trying to reconnect with her and with an Amazon that no longer exists. 

DIRETORES | DIRECTORS

Marcelo Díaz (diretor, produtor, roteirista) – Marcelo Díaz é um premiado diretor e produtor brasileiro de sangue paraguaio, na produtora Diazul de Cinema. Dirigiu filmes exibidos em mais de 60 festivais pelo mundo. Vê o cinema como um meio de transformar(se). MARIA LUIZA (2019), seu premiado longa com a 1a. mulher trans das Forças Armadas brasileiras, esteve nos festivais: É Tudo Verdade, FIDBA/Argentina, Festival de Brasília, San Diego Latino, Chéries-Chéris/LGBTQ Paris, Melhor Doc no Merlinka FF (Sérvia) e no Humano FF (México), menção honrosa no LIFFY (Yale/EUA). O filme teve importante papel na luta pelo reconhecimento do caso de Maria Luiza na justiça.
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Marcelo Díaz (director, producer, scriptwriter) – Marcelo Díaz is an awarded Brazilian director and producer of Paraguayan blood, partner at Diazul de Cinema. He directed and produced shorts and documentaries for TV and cinema, screened in more than 60 festivals such as It’s All True, Gramado, Brasilia, Havana, Milan, Sidney, Latino FF, San Diego Latino FF, Seattle Latino FF, Brazilian Film Fest (Miami and Toronto). He has produced films such as: The Rising Valley (2016); Galeno, a Crafty Boy (DOCTV, 2009), and the feature film Maria Luiza (2019), invited to Good Pitch Brasil (2020 and 2021) to present a successful case of impact.

Delvair Montagner (diretora, roteirista, protagonista) – Realizou 39 documentários como diretora, roteirista e pesquisadora. Licenciada em História (Santa Maria/RS,1967); Mestre em Antropologia (USP, 1972); Doutora em Antropologia (UnB, 1985); Pós-Doutora em Antropologia Visual (Espanha,1993). Antropóloga na FUNAI; documentarista no CPCE/UnB; Antropóloga do Projeto de Apoio a Comunidades de Quilombo/DF.
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Delvair Montagner (director, scriptwriter) – Delvair Montagner (77) is an Historian and Post-Doctor in Visual Anthropology (Spain, 1993). She worked as an anthropologist at FUNAI (Brazilian National Indigenous Foundation) and was a researcher at the Palmares Foundation. She worked at CPCE/UnB as a documentary filmmaker and has already made 39 documentaries as a researcher, director and screenwriter.

PROTOGONISTA | PROTAGONIST

Varῖ Mëma (protagonista, colaboradora de roteiro) – Indígena Marubo da região do Rio Curuçá (Vale do Javari, Amazônia). Graduada em Antropologia (UFAM); Mestre em Antropologia (UFRJ); Doutora em Antropologia (UFRJ).
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Varῖ Mëma is an Anthropologist and indigenous woman from the Marubo people, with a Doctorate degree at UFRJ – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In her research, she talks about indigenous experiences focusing on the Marubo people, female identities and the importance of indigenous protagonism in research about their own cultures.

NA MÍDIA | PRESS

FOX NEWS: https://www.foxnews.com/world/thousands-amazon-indigenous-leave-forest-experience-new-life

AL JAZEERA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3tZHFh6cIM

FICHA TÉCNICA | CREW