Upcoming projects
Vestiges of Memory
Vestiges of Memory is a feature-length documentary that follows the journey of Atxu Marimã, a survivor of forced contact and violence against the Hi-Merimã people, one of the last Indigenous groups living in voluntary isolation in the Brazilian Amazon. By reconstructing his identity and reconnecting with his ancestral territory, the film exposes the impacts of colonial violence, environmental destruction, and the erasure of Indigenous memory.
Team
Director: Laura Faerman
Laura Faerman is a documentary filmmaker and partner at VU. She directed The Wind Blows The Border (2022), an award-winning film qualified for the 2023 Academy Awards. In 2022, she released the series Dangerous Memory, based on research into state crimes against Indigenous peoples during the dictatorship. She is currently directing the documentary Fire! Amazon Under Attack with journalist Alceu Castilho.
Director: Karen Shiratori
Karen Shiratori is a postdoctoral researcher in Anthropology at USP, affiliated with CEstA and PALOC-IRD. She holds a Master’s and PhD in Social Anthropology from the National Museum and a degree in Philosophy from USP. She works on public policies for peoples living in voluntary isolation in the Amazon and is the author of books and articles on traditional knowledge, agrobiodiversity, and Indigenous cosmology.
Cinematographer: Alziro Barbosa, ABC
Alziro Barbosa is a Brazilian Director of Photography with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from one of the world’s leading cinematography schools, the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) (1988–1994). His career in Brazil began in 1995, and since then he has worked on over 100 audiovisual productions.
He has received awards at festivals in Brazil and abroad, including six Best Cinematography Awards from the Brazilian Association of Cinematography (ABC).
Producer: Luis Ludmer
Luis Ludmer holds a Master’s degree in Film from Vancouver Film School and a PhD in Design, Space, and Culture from FAU-USP. He has worked as an independent curator and cultural producer for over 20 years. As an executive producer, some of his notable works include the documentary The Wind Blows the Border. He is a board member of the Vladimir Herzog Institute and a guest professor of Latin American studies at the University of Bremen (Germany).
Fundraising Coordinator: Pedro Oliveira
Graduated in Marketing and Environmental Management, he has 15 years of experience in the Third Sector working in strategic planning, institutional development, and fundraising. He has worked at TETO Brazil, Greenpeace, Rainforest Alliance, Sustainable Amazon Foundation, Idesam, and currently works as a fundraiser at the Vladimir Herzog Institute and collaborates with Vestígios da Memória.
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