Acácio
(Brazil, 2008, 88 minutes)
An aging immigrant in Brazil and his wife remember for the camera the thirty years during which he lived as a Portuguese colonist in Angola, travelling across the country recording the customs of the native people. Sensitive documentary combining memoir, oral history and found footage that is moving and attentive but never seems to get quite a grip on its subject.
Brazilian Culture Ministry, Government of Minas Gerais, Jalles Machdo, Vivo, Teia present a Teia production in partnership with Filmes de Quintal, with cultural support from Plena Transmissoras.
Directed by Marília Rocha; produced by Diana Gebrim Costa, Glaura Cardoso Vale; written by Glaura Cardoso Vale, Clarissa Campolina, Marília Rocha; research, Glaura Cardoso Vale; photography and camera (colour), Clarissa Campolina, Marília Rocha; sound, Pedro Aspahan; film editor, Clarissa Campolina.
An aging immigrant in Brazil and his wife remember for the camera the thirty years during which he lived as a Portuguese colonist in Angola, travelling across the country recording the customs of the native people. Sensitive documentary combining memoir, oral history and found footage that is moving and attentive but never seems to get quite a grip on its subject.
Brazilian Culture Ministry, Government of Minas Gerais, Jalles Machdo, Vivo, Teia present a Teia production in partnership with Filmes de Quintal, with cultural support from Plena Transmissoras.
Directed by Marília Rocha; produced by Diana Gebrim Costa, Glaura Cardoso Vale; written by Glaura Cardoso Vale, Clarissa Campolina, Marília Rocha; research, Glaura Cardoso Vale; photography and camera (colour), Clarissa Campolina, Marília Rocha; sound, Pedro Aspahan; film editor, Clarissa Campolina.
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