RAONI

By Jean-Pierre DUTILLEUX , Luiz Carlos SALDANHA

FILMS SANS FRONTIERES - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR

Documentary - Completed 1976

An examination of issues surrounding the survival of the indigenous tribes of north central Brazil.

    • Year of production
    • 1976
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, BRAZIL, BELGIUM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jean-Pierre DUTILLEUX , Luiz Carlos SALDANHA
    • Writer(s)
    • Jean-Pierre DUTILLEUX, Luiz Carlos SALDANHA
    • Producer(s)
    • Jean-Pierre DUTILLEUX, Michel GAST, Pierre Louis SAGUEZ
    • Synopsis
    • This film, shot in Brazil, in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, deals with the Kayapo tribe and the famous Chief Raoni who fight to preserve the Amazon rainforest.The film was presented at Cannes Film Festival 1977 and it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1979.