The Day Cinema Met Santa Rosa dos Dourados

The Day Cinema Met Santa Rosa dos Dourados

They had never seen a movie theater. Now, their lives are on the screen.

2011 · 15 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

A documentary that rescues the memories of those who built Santa Rosa dos Dourados, a small rural community in Brazil where cinema lives only in stories told, never seen. People who had never set foot in a movie theater now watch their own stories come to life on the big screen.

Directed by Carlos Segundo · Written by Carlos Segundo

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