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Guaikurus Films

Documentary

Pantaneiro

In the heart of Brazil, life flows through the rivers, creeks, forming the largest flooded plain on the planet, the Pantanal.

Watch the trailerThree 50-minute episodes

Trailer

Credits

Production
Guaikurus Films – WN Produções
Executive Production
Marcos Moraes
Direction
Walther Neto, Gui Merlino
Original Soundtrack
Walther Neto
Original Script
Walther Neto
Photography Direction
Walther Neto, Gui Merlino
Drones
Tulio Moreno, Gui Merlino
Production
Renata Generoso

The film

The pantaneiro is our main character in this documentary, which is divided into three 50-minute episodes. Men and women who live in one of the most beautiful places in Brazil and their relationship with diversity, nature and the preservation of the Pantanal.

A local resident in front of a wooden house in the Pantanal

In the Pantanal, water, land, fauna and flora mix. Pantaneiro are people who live the dreams, beauties and love for this land of water.

The cycles of drought and water, life and death, expressed in the poetry and songs of the guitar players, carry the hopes of these people who seek a happy life in simplicity, preservation and sustainability.

History

The interests and stories of these people who love their land and Pantanal traditions and seek a better life in a simple way.

Let's learn a little about the stories of each of our characters and how they see their life, the wetland, their problems and their efforts to maintain the traditions and the environment around them.

The farmer, the peon, the inns, the riverside people and all those who dedicate their lives to the region's culture, music, dance, sustainability, tourism, water and drought cycles, fires and force of the renewal of nature.

Photos

  • Scarlet macaw, close-up
  • A pantaneiro in a straw hat riding a donkey
  • Marsh deer in the grassland
  • Tree reflected in the water of the flooded plain
  • Sunset over the water, seen from the bow of a boat
  • Pantanal resident in a sun hat
  • Jaguar at night, in the tall grass
  • Pair of hyacinth macaws on a branch