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Documentary backdrop image for Desterro (2012)

201214 minPGdoc-short

Desterro

201214 minPGdoc-short

Dona Pequenita reflects on her life in Pilão Arcado, a Brazilian city submerged by a dam, as she recalls the songs and stories of her lost community.

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Cláudio Marques,

Marília Hughes Guerreiro

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Dona Pequenita reflects on her life in Pilão Arcado, a Brazilian city submerged by a dam, as she recalls the songs and stories of her lost community.

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Cláudio Marques

Cláudio Marquesdirector

Marília Hughes Guerreirodirector

Cláudio Marques

Cláudio Marqueswriter

Marília Hughes Guerreirowriter

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Dona Pequenita has spent her entire life in Pilão Arcado, a Brazilian city now submerged beneath the waters of a dam. As memories of the past linger, she recalls the songs and stories that define her connection to the land. The documentary captures her reflections and the remnants of a community lost to the flood, revealing the emotional weight of a place that continues to exist in memory and narrative.

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