Karen Akerman Movies

Birth, life and death of a carnival sculpture. Linked to the mythology of the Orixás, a metaphor of creation based on the Babalotim doll, a...

In a lake surrounded by buildings, a man builds a boat.

A portrait of the city of São Paulo through the life of four of its inhabitants: an economist and analyst of the financial market, a...

Syrian brothers Adel and Hadi Bakkour take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro fighting for democracy in the country where they chose to live. History...

In exile, a Brazilian child develops strategies to rise.

Beside the savage desire to realize the enormities which he brooded on, nothing was sacred.

Large boats navigate the Amazon River daily, transporting people, animals and goods. This film portrays one of these trips.

A batch of 110 love letters exchanged by two lovers in the 1950s, discovered in Mato Grosso do Sul, is the starting point for this film.

On the violent border between Brazil and Paraguay, a war is being waged around the expansion of agribusiness. On one side sits lawyer Luana Ruiz, the...