Relates the saga of the Expedition — led by Rondon and the ex-president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt — which crossed Pantanal and the Amazon Forest to explore the River of Doubt. The tale is told through dramatisations, archives from the American Congress library, Civelli Memorial archive, indigenous testemonies of the Pareci, Nhambiquara, Sabanê and Cinta-Larga peoples, and Marechal Rondon's granddaughters. A century later, they comment the journey, exposing different worldviews, discussing the environment, indigenist policy and Amazon development.
Joel Pizzini
Filmmaker, researcher and author of internationally awarded documentary essays, like Caramujo-Flor (1988), Enigma de um Dia (1996), Glauces: Estudo de um Rosto (2001) and Dormente (2006). With the features 500 Souls (2004) and Anabazys (2009), he took part in Venice Festival and won the awards Best Film, Sound, Photography, Editing and Special Jury Prize at the festivals of Rio, Mar del Plata and Brasília.
