Martyrdom

2017 2h 42m PT

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8.2

BANGER

★8.2TMDB · 9

Documentary

Synopsis

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Waving the flag that states every film is political, Vincent Carelli visibilizes in this documentary the cause of the Guarani-Kaiowá: a group of indigenous people that fear their lands, located in the Mato Grosso do Sul, will be confiscated by the State. A territorial conflict born more than one hundred years ago, during the Paraguay war. While fighting against the Brazilian Congress in order not to be evicted from their homes, the 50.000 indigenous people demand the demarcation of the space that belongs to them. With some rigorous investigative work, the Brazilian director tells with his own voice of the social and political injustices suffered by the Guarani people through material he filmed over the course of more than forty years. The archive images, both color and black and white, reveal the crudeness with which they coexist every day: among the violation of their civil rights and the guts with which they confront the usurpers.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tatiana Almeida
Writers: Vincent Carelli, Tatiana Almeida
Languages: Portuguese
Countries: Brazil

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 162 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tatiana Almeida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6788828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tatiana Almeida directs. Tatiana Almeida cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 162 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Tatiana Almeida shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5IMDB entry: tt6788828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Tatiana Almeida
Runtime: 162 min · 2h 42m
Status: Released
Original language: PT
IMDB: Martyrdom (2017)

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Key crew

CinematographyErnesto de Carvalho
Executive ProducerOlívia Sabino
EditorTatiana Almeida

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

woman director

Release history · US

When it landed

Premiere2016-06-22
Theatrical2017-04-13

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