Landless (2019)

In four years, Camilla Freitas documented the lives of a group of landless workers in the Brazilian state of Goi á s. Since 2015, workers have occupied part of the factory site and demanded land reform. Ch ã o provides an in-depth understanding of the daily affairs of the organization, which are divided into farming land, political activities and talking about what a bright future might look like. As a result, the film delves into the microstructure of local political action, while also showing the extent to which the landless labor movement depends on Brazilian politics, global capital and agricultural industries. Occupying a space between candid realism and a powerful atmosphere that draws strength from poetic digressions, such as deliberately exaggerated moments on the vocal cords, impressionist close-ups and micro-narratives of the film, Ch ã o documents life in resistance, where hope sometimes seems to be the only thing that can be confronted. The reality of the world. Just recently, Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, added unmanned people to the list of enemies of the state and called on landowners to take up arms to defend their property. Over a period of four...