Healing Hands
Marta bakes a cake for her son's arrival.
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Marta bakes a cake for her son's arrival.
The hands in the Círio de Nazare, a huge catholic religious event in Belem, northern Brazil.
"Mãos que curam" explores folk healing, one of the oldest practices in the world. In it, the use of leaves, which, combined with prayers and hand gestures, offer healing and transformation. This short film draws a line
Matilde travels to her family’s village due to her great-grandmother’s passing. After the funeral, she reconnects with the place where she spent her childhood, learning about the experiences that she and her mother have
After being fired from his job and have his unemployment insurance money robbed, a young man decides to become a robber himself. While escaping authorities, he meets a female teacher of whom he takes hostage. Things get
“Tucaneira: Wooden Hands” is a captivating mini-documentary that takes us on a fascinating journey through the world of a skilled artisan who works with wood at an eco-solidarity fair held in a university environment. In
Founding a social Muay Thai project in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Mestre BG and his competitors face the adversities of an underfunded project and fight to win their place on the podium. The challenges intensify w
Every Saturday morning for 34 years a pioneering ecologist farmers' market brings together city people and those who produce their food. Unfolding a collective narrative, the film follows diverse individuals—rural farmin
Tired of the constant abuse he suffers in his household, a boy runs away from home and goes on a series of sad and dramatic adventures, in which he finds the opportunity to show the power of his own voice.
Against a dendê [palm oil] background, gesturing hands stage a ballet of features and powers of the unique Candomblé [African-Brazilian religion] divinities.
In the form of a photo-novel, in which a succession of static images construct a narrative with the support of the voice-over, "Estas Mãos São Minhas" is a love letter of André Miguel Ferreira to his grandmother. The pre