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Arraial do Cabo

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How it feels

A short documentary shows the social changes in a Brazilian fishing village. A new factory kills the fish and forces many locals to leave for work. The film contrasts traditional ways of life with the problems of industrialization.

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What happens

Arraial do Cabo é um documentário curta-metragem brasileiro, de 1959, com fotografia de Mário Carneiro, texto do jornalista Claudio Mello Souza, dirigido por Paulo Cesar Saraceni. O documentário mostra as transformações sociais e as interferências nas formas primitivas de vida de pescadores do vilarejo do Arraial do Cabo, no litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A Fábrica Nacional de Álcalis, que se instalou no local, causa a morte dos peixes, o que faz com que muitos integrantes da comunidade partam em busca de trabalho. Os modos tradicionais de produção se chocam com os problemas da industrialização. Gravuras de Oswaldo Goeldi abrem o filme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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