August 12th 2006, Saturday 10am
Cutia’s Peanuts The daily routine of the Panará village in the harvest of the peanuts, presented by a young professor, a woman witch doctor and the village chief. Followed by a discussion with producer Vincent Carelli, moderated by João Luiz Vieira (Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil) 2:30pm
The end and the beginning A film starting from naught. With no prior research, no characters, no sites, nor specific themes, a film team arrive to the hinterland of Paraíba state in northeastern Brazil in search of people with stories to tell. In the village of São João do Rio do Peixe they come to Sítio Araçás, a rural community of 86 families, mostly relatives. With a girl from Araçás as mediator, the residents, in their majority, elderly, tell their life story, marked by popular catholicism, by a hierarchy, by a sense of family and honor - in a world fast disappearing. Followed by a discussion with director Eduardo Coutinho, moderated by Consuelo Lins (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
