Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky

Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky (2026)



0.0 2026 86 min —

Director: Liliane Maia

Documentary
At the peak of the military dictatorship, Jorge Bodanzky documented the building of the Humboldt University research station in Mato Grosso. Flying over the dense, unbroken forest, he caught a striking sight: a large maloca—an Indigenous communal dwelling—where residents tried to strike the plane with arrows. Fifty years later, Bodanzky uses that moment as his entry point for an unscripted, spontaneous, and intimate return to his decades-long connection with the Amazon and the story behind the image.

More About This Film

Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky is a Brazilian documentary that revisits the life and filmmaking of Jorge Bodanzky through a striking piece of archival footage recorded in the Amazon in 1973. Decades later, the filmmaker returns to the region and reflects on the image, the journey that produced it, and the changing relationship between cinema and the Amazon.

The documentary connects personal memory with Brazil's political and environmental history. Old Super-8 material, present-day travel, and Bodanzky's own reflections create a conversation between past and present, revealing how images can acquire entirely new meanings with time.

  • Directed by Jorge Bodanzky and Liliane Maia.
  • The screenplay credits include Bruna Callegari, Gustavo Soranz, Jorge Bodanzky, and Raphael Erichsen.
  • The film runs approximately 85 minutes.
  • It was distributed theatrically in Brazil by Lança Filmes in 2026.
  • The documentary was presented at the É Tudo Verdade festival before its later theatrical circulation.

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