Film and video · International Institute of Education of Brazil (IEB)
Ituxi and Médio Purus reserves: from winning land to managing it
Residents of the Médio Purus and Ituxi extractive reserves, in Amazonas, tell of their struggle for land since the 1990s and the challenge of managing the territory.
- Client
- International Institute of Education of Brazil (IEB)
- Year
- 2015
- Territory
- Ituxi and Médio Purus extractive reserves, in Lábrea (AM)
- Format
- Institutional documentary, about 11 minutes
The challenge
IEB had worked for years in the Médio Purus and wanted to document and share participatory management experiences in two extractive reserves in Lábrea, Amazonas, which try to combine social development and conservation. The history of these reserves, from the struggle for land to community organization, lived in the memory of those who had been through it and needed to be told by them.
The film
What we delivered
- Research and outline
- Full HD documentary, with English subtitles
- 70 DVDs with cover and insert
What we did
We did the research and the outline, traveled to the region and recorded the testimonies of those who lived the story. The film follows the conflicts faced by the local population from the 1990s to the creation of the reserves in 2008, and shows how communities now try to manage the territory collectively.
We delivered the documentary in high definition, with English subtitles, and 70 DVDs with their own artwork to circulate among the reserves' communities, managers and partners. The film was part of the Cine Forest showcase at the Museu da Imagem e do Som in Cuiabá, in 2015.
