Presented alongside the streaming premiere of Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist Maya Da-Rin’s mesmerizing narrative feature debut THE FEVER, these richly sensorial nonfiction works capture the ebb and flow of life along the triple-border region where Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet. With a mix of ethnographic observation and dreamy impressionism, Da-Rin’s documentaries MARGIN and LANDS meditate on the landscapes, people, and intertwining cultures that comprise this unique, ever-changing urban island in the midst of the Amazon.
Directed by Maya Da-Rin • 2007 • Brazil, Peru
Large boats navigate the Amazon River daily, transporting people, animals, and goods. Here, filmmaker Maya Da-Rin captures one of these trips, starting at the border of Brazil and Colombia and traveling to the Peruvian city of Iquitos. During two day...
Directed by Maya Da-Rin • 2009 • Brazil
Starring Manoel Dias, Irene Ipuchima, Basilia Kumimarima
On the triple border between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, the twin towns of Letícia and Tabatinga form an urban island surrounded by the Amazon forest. Located somewhere between documentary, ethnograp...
