Synopsis

A century after Colonel Fawcett vanished in the Xingu, Indigenous filmmakers investigate the fate of missing Kuikuro and Kalapalo relatives, while fiction re-stages the ghosts left by his last expedition. An Indigenous gaze on a story long told by others.

• Takumã

  Kuikuro

  Director

  Takumã Kuikuro is an Indigenous filmmaker, founder of the Kuikuro Film Collective and Xingu Filmes. He directed As Hiper Mulheres (2011) and Território Pequi (2023), Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize winner. First Indigenous juror at Brasília Festival.

• Vitor

  Campanario

  Director & producer

  Vitor Campanario is a filmmaker, producer and editor. He directed Nós, a Terra e Eles (2019), Diálogos do Toque (2025) and O Ronco do Peixe (2026). He produces the series Gente do Xingu and the feature Antropólogo Aprendiz, by Takumã Kuikuro.

• Nuno

  Godolphim

  Producer

  Nuno Godolphim is a producer with over thirty years of experience in documentaries and series for HBO, History Channel and ESPN. Producer of Transamazônica, best documentary series at the 2022 Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize.

• Daniel

  Massa

  Producer

  Daniel Massa is a screenwriter, psychologist and educator. He wrote Gente do Xingu and Antropólogo Aprendiz. Co-translator of Aki oto – Dono das Palavras, he has worked in the Xingu since 2014 and created the Xingu Indigenous Library.