INTO THE DOG'S HEAD

NA CABEÇA DO CACHORRO

By Raquel DE ALMEIDA PRADO

CARMELA CONTEÚDOS - as PROD

Environmental - Completed 2017

The documentary "Into the Dog’s Head" aims to show experiences of illness and healing, in the clash between modern medicine and indigenous tradition in the Amazon Rainforest.

    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Environmental, Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 53 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Raquel DE ALMEIDA PRADO
    • Writer(s)
    • Raquel DE ALMEIDA PRADO
    • Synopsis
    • The documentary "Into the Dog’s Head" aims to show experiences of illness and healing, in the clash between modern medicine and indigenous tradition.
      The film gives a dip in Dog's Head, a region located on the border of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, heart of the Amazon rainforest in order to register healing stories.
      Indians and foreigners, who are reinventing their values and giving rise to a new identity, hybrid, which synthesizes the two cultures experiences.
      A new form of coexistence between two civilizations that need to learn how to live in harmony.