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The Welles Raft 2022 A Jangada de Welles

A documentary about Orson Welles days in Brazil in 1942.

The raft man Manuel Jacaré was swallowed by the sea when Orson Welles was filming It's All True in 1942. The fact evokes memories of the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, of World War II, of Ceará fishermen's struggle for labor rights and housing in their traditional space - target of real estate speculation.

Country Brazil
Production Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Spoken Languages English , Portuguese
Gnere Documentary
Production Company Iluminura Filmes
Release Date 23 June 2022
75 mins