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The Welles Raft

A Jangada de Welles

Release: 2022-06-23 ·Runtime: 75m
Documentary

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation.

Production Countries

Brazil

Production Companies

Iluminura Filmes