Machado, upper reach of the Tapajos River, State of Parà, Brazil. 12 December 2006. Hundreds of Mangabal area residents come to the state capital to take part in a public assembly prior to the creation of the mining reserve (resex) Montana Mangabal. Resex is a sort of protection of an area and its inhabitants that attributes to the local population the rights to land use and sustainable exploitation of the natural resources of the forest and the river and constitutes protection against deforestation and illegal exploitation by the Madereiras companies. The public assembly held by the Istituto Brasiliero do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovàveis (IBAMA) and the Ministerio Pùblico Federal is an event the entire community was waiting for, a festive occasion for a population that views resex as a kind of life insurance. Maria 'Dona Santa' Palhares, an elderly blind woman, representing the collective memory of the community, is the beiradeira of the film title.
A beiradeira e o grilador
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Localized Title
[The river woman and the land thief]
Genre
Documentary
Country
Italy
Year
2007
Duration
51'
Production Companies
M.A.I.S.
Director's Notes
Director's Notes
«This documentary depicts the preparation and the actual assembly for obtaining approval of the reserve; it captures the feelings, hopes and determination of the people, along with the history and daily routine of a population who, though living 'in another world', in microsettlements scattered along 50 km of the river, show their ability to band together and fight for a common goal».
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