

A 16mm love letter to a memory fighting not to vanish.
"Here Where It All Ends" is an experimental, poetic short film that moves between documentary and fiction to address an endangered culture, that of indigenous people in the Brazil. It is, in particular, a sharing of knowledge carried out in Aldeia Bugio, at all stages of 16mm filming, botanical development and sound capture in a collective way. It seeks to reactivate the memory of the origins of the Laklãnõ/Xokleng people.
Cinematography
16mm footage processed with the community itself.
Sound
Botanical sound capture as spiritual recording.
Direction
Collective creation dissolves director/subject hierarchy.
Director
Claudia Cardenas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Laklãnõ/Xokleng were targeted by Brazil's 'Sponge Operation' in the 1950s-60s, a genocide policy disguised as assimilation.
Every stage of production happened in Aldeia Bugio — the film literally grew from the soil it documents.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters