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River Silence

Rogerio Soares

2018

The Belo Monte Dam, one of the world's biggest and most controversial infrastructure projects, is causing massive ecological and social devastation along Brazil's Xingu River, a major tributary of the Amazon that is the lifeblood to one of the world's most diverse ecosystems. Director Rogerio Soares travels into this mythic and brutalized world to follow several women whose lives and families have been profoundly changed.

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CREDITS

Written and Directed by
Rogério Soares
Produced by
Bob Moore, Annette Clarke
Executive Producers
Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross, Annette Clarke
Editor
Ryan Mullins
Composer Nicole Lizée
Nicole Lizée
Cinematography
Glauco Bermudez
Cinematography
Aldo Oviedo Tejo
Sound Design
Catherine Van Der Donckt, Benoît Dame, Jérémie Jones
Featuring (in order of appearance)
Raimunda Gomes da Silva, Tamakwera Parakanã, Karliane Lopes de Souza, Francinete Pinto Novaes, Ana Paula Pinto Novaes
Produced with the financial participation of
Canada Media Fund, Québec Crédit d'impôt cinéma et télévision Gestion Sodec, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
AWARDS

Best Film BANNABÁ Human Rights Film Festival, Panamá

Best Film Human Stories Tulum Environmental Film Festival

Best Documentary Cine Las Americas

PRESS

River Silence is a poetic and visually-stunning film

— John Ferri, TVO Vice President of Current Affairs and Documentaries