Searching for Makunaima

The story

Searching for Makunaima is a cultural and historical account of the most Brazilian character there is in fiction. The film begins with Makunaima, one of the founding myths of the native people from the border between Brazil-Venezuela-Guiana, first captured in the writings of the German ethnographer Koch-Grünberg at the beginning of the 1910s. With interviews in Portuguese, German, Spanish, and in the indigenous languages Macuxi and Taurepang, Searching for Macunaima reclaims this amazing character who represents Brazil in many ways (from literature to cinema to theatre) and remains relevant to date.

Cast & crew

Paulo JoséHimself

Tatiana Longo Figueiredo

Tatiana Longo FigueiredoHerself

Grande OteloArchive footage

Jaider Esbell

Jaider EsbellHimself

Luiz Carlos BarretoHimself

Joana FommHerself

Heloísa TeixeiraHerself