A short film omnibus featuring the work of five directors representing five countries involved in the 2017 BRICS summit, an annual international relations conference held between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The collection—taking the concept of time as a unifying theme—depicts the economic, political, and social alienations and contradictions that create, compound, and structure issues as wide-ranging as poverty, class stratification, and homeless; familial distress; spousal abuse; and natural disaster.

Where Has Time Gone?

The documentary “Vozes de Paracatu e Bento” shows how the cities of Paracatu de Baixo and Bento Rodrigues live after the collapse of the Samarco dam, in Minas Gerais. A story of belonging, passion and resistance is drawn on screen through the testimony of its residents. At the same time, a panel of abandonment in which Brazil finds itself is being shown in the documentary.

Vozes de Paracatu e Bento

Yıl 1971. Brezilya, askeri diktatörlüğün artan baskısı altındadır. Beş çocuk annesi Eunice Paiva, ailesinin hükümetin acımasız ve rastgele eylemine maruz kalmasının ardından yeni bir başlangıç yapmak zorunda kalır.