Synopsis
Quarup is a ritual performed to honor the dead. The Sete Quedas waterfalls were once the largest in the world by water volume. In 1982, the violent process of flooding the waterfalls and the lands of the region’s traditional communities culminated in the inauguration of the Itaipu Dam reservoir. In this short film, filmmaker Frederico Füllgraf captures the final days of this natural wonder in Paraná, accompanied by the verses of Carlos Drummond de Andrade (written in response to the destruction of the waterfalls) and the Avá-Guarani Quarup ritual. (G.B.)
This film will be screened alongside Homeless.
Director
Frederico Füllgraf
Frederico Füllgraf is an award-winning screenwriter and director specializing in documentary film. He graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts (DFFB) and holds a Master's degree from the Free University of Berlin. As an associate producer and investigative reporter in South America for Germany's Public Broadcasting Network and DW World, he directed mini-series and documentaries broadcast in over thirty countries. A writer and literary translator as well, he is the author of works such as “A Bomba Pacífica” (Editora Brasiliense, 1988) and “Morrer a Sós em Berlim” (Editora Record, 2021).
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