Anahy de las Misiones

Anahy de las Misiones 1997

5.00

Told by gauchos from Brazil, Argentina and Uruguai, the legend says that Anahy de las Missiones wandered around the Plata Basin during the time of Cisplatina War (1825-1828), stealing the dead.

1997

A Invenção da Infância

A Invenção da Infância 2000

6.30

Being a child does not mean having a childhood. A reflection on what it is to be a child in the contemporary world.

2000

Doce Brasil Holandês

Doce Brasil Holandês 2010

1

Two historians, the Brazilian Kalina Vanderlei and the German Sabrina van der Ley, met in Recife in March 2009 to investigate the roots and contradictions of the myth about the Dutch invasion of Pernambuco in the 17th century. Nassau (who ruled Dutch Brazil from Recife between 1637 and 1644) is defined by some residents of Recife as "the best mayor the city has ever had." To this day, that time is remembered as better than the present. But why would a people miss an invader?

2010