EXCLUSIVE: Swedish filmmaker Nathan Grossman (I Am Greta) has returned to feature filmmaking with Amazomania, which is set to debut at this year’s CPH:DOX Film Festival. Check out the film’s trailer above and poster below.
The film’s official synopsis reads: In 1996, a Brazilian official and the Swedish journalist, Erling Söderström, ventured into the Amazon to document the isolated Korubo people caught in escalating land conflicts. Initially hailed as unique images from a hidden world, the footage now warrants reexamination. Uncovering the costs of “discovery,” the film confronts the colonial legacy and exposes the long-term repercussions for the Korubo.
“What consequences did it have for the Korubo people to, on the first day of their contact, be filmed and photographed?” Grossman pondered in his director’s statement.
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“With Amazomania, I allow the viewer to share Erling’s gaze upon the Korubo
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