Nimuendajú - biopic about the first defender of indigenous communities

Nimuendajú - biopic about the first defender of indigenous communities. The feature film Nimuendajú is the result of an international co-production and will be presented at the Cannes and Annecy Festivals. Info and trailer below.Nimuendajú is a classic 2D animated biopic that explores the life and achievements of Curt Unckel, a German sociologist who moved to Brazil as a young man in 1903, living with the Guarani and becoming a pioneer in the defense of the country's indigenous communities, and was murdered for reasons that remain unknown in an Amazonian village in 1945.The film, aimed primarily at an adult audience, is produced by Anaya Produçoes Culturais (Brazil), Apus Animation Studio (Peru) and Cinezebra (Germany), and directed by Tanya Anaya, who worked as art teacher in some Brazilian indigenous communities including the Maxakali studied by Unckel, with a script written by Anna Flávia Dias Salles. German actor Peter Ketnath lends his voice to the protagonist and is also co-producer with his label Cinezebra.Presented to distributors around the world at Cannes, the film will be in competition in the "Contrechamp" section in June at Annecy.Here is the trailer:[ Fra - source AnimationMagazine ]. End of the article.