8 Billions: We Are All Responsible
Title: 8 Billions: We Are All Responsible
Directed by
Nelson Kao
Country: Brazil
Duration: 29 mins
SYNOPSIS
Ailton Krenak, indigenous leader and thinker, talks about the pain of the Watú (or Rio Doce in the Krenak language). Sick with the biggest environmental disaster in Brazilian history, the Mariana Dam disaster, the river asks for help. From the impacts on his village on the banks of the river, he makes an overview of the current Anthropocene period and invites all human beings to a journey of reflection and self-criticism, aiming at urgent but necessary paradigm shifts.
Directors’ Bio
Nelson Kao
Nelson KAO, ABC is a cinematographer. He shot three features: “São Ateu”, directed by Hiro Ishikawa (2022), the documentary “Incarcerated”, directed by Cláudia Calabi, Fernando Grostein de Andrade and Pedro Bial (official selection in 43ª São Paulo International Film Festival and in 21º Rio de Janeiro International Festival), and “Você Só Pode Estar Louca”, directed by Karla Bonfá and Ricardo Garcia.
He also shot many short films, including “What if…” (2022), winner of JCS International Young Creatives Award, “Ana” (2017), best cinematography for a fiction short film on 4th Bento Gonçalves Cinema Festival (2019) and best foreign short in Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (LAIFFA) 2018, “Jadzia” (2018, in post-production) and “As Aparências Enganam”, winner of CeluCine Festival 2011.
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