‘The Buriti Flower’ Review: Indigenous Brazilians Seize Control of Their Story In a Striking Hybrid Documentary

In their 2018 film “The Dead and the Others,” directors João Salaviza et Renée Nader Messora turned their lens generously to the Krahô people of northeast Brazil, documenting a longstanding way of life under threat from developers and politicians, and giving their non-professional subjects ample leeway for improvisation in presenting themselves on screen. Their ambitious, […]
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