Corumbiara (film)
2009 documentary film by Vincent Carelli
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Corumbiara (English: Corumbiara: They Shoot Indians, Don't They?) is a 2009 Brazilian documentary film, directed by Vincent Carelli (pt). The film won three awards at 37th Gramado Film Festival including Best Picture.[2]
Content
A then-50-something man, living alone in the Amazon, for 22 years, after the last of his tribe, a group of six members, were murdered by farmers in 1995, was photographed by a filmmaker[3] who accompanied FUNAI on a monitoring trip and is shown very briefly in this documentary.[4] Monte Reel wrote The Last of the Tribe: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon about him.[5][6][7]
Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Direction
- Best Film Editing
14th São Paulo International Documentary Festival
- Honorable Mention
IV São Paulo Latin American Film Festival
- Best Picture (Popular Jury)
Montreal First Peoples' Festival
- Best Documentary
