COSTS | ENG SUBS

Directed by Marilene Ribeiro (2018)

20 min. Brazil | UK

"When I saw the work, I felt almost moved about the poetic, the wonderfulness of it. […] Although it records and talks about a terrible loss, there is always something underpinning it that has to do with a vibrant renewal, and that is what is power, there is where its power lies.”

(Jean Wainwright)

Synopsis:

As a response to the current investment in large hydroelectric dams as a ground to Brazil's 'sustainable' economic growth, "Costs" addresses the impacts these endeavours have caused on both the environment and people. Director Marilene Ribeiro surveys three hydro schemes that happen at different times in Brazil (past - the Sobradinho dam, present - the Belo Monte dam, and future - the Garambi-Panambi dam complex). The video engages with situations in which the impacts caused by dams emerge in a more sensitive way; for example, when participants of her project (individuals who have been affected by these ventures) draw, sing, or speak about their feelings and their interpretations of their lived experience.

* Amnesty International 2018 (UK)

* Penedo Film Festival 2018 (Brazil) - official selection

* Mostra SESC de Cinema 2019 (Brazil) - official selection

* Mostra do Filme Marginal 2019 (Brazil) - official selection

* Mostra de Cinema Feminista 2019 (Brazil) - official selection

* Mostra Cineclube em Ação 2019 (Brazil) - official selection

* Cine.Ema - Mostra de Cinema Ambiental 2019 (Brazil) - official selection

* São Paulo's Museum of Image and Sound Film Festival 2021 (Brazil) - official selection