The Harbour

10 10
2013
20min

Portuguese

English

Country: Brazil

Original Title: O Porto

As Rio’s modern port rises, this film digs into the buried histories beneath it—revealing how layers of urban progress conceal stories of slavery, erasure, and resistance.

Portuguese
English
Country: Brazil
Original Title: O Porto

AWARDS: Prize of the Corsair Show. Vitória Film and Video Festival/ Honorable Mention. Porto Alegre Film Dialogue

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Week of the Directors / Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine / Cine New Schema / Panorama International Coisa de Cinema / Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival / Cinema Dialogue of Porto Alegre / Goiânia Short Films / Fronteira - International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival / Vitória Film and Video Festival / Waterfall Doc / International Short Film Festival of Belo Horizonte / São Paulo International Short Film Festival / Media City Film Festival / Free Film Show / FICUNAM / International Film Festival Rotterdam / Tiradentes Film Festival / Rumos Cinema and Video Expanded Languages

The Harbour: - Excavating the buried truths beneath Rio’s progress

Beneath the shining façades of Porto Maravilha lies a city haunted by its own erased histories.

Layer by layer, from Valongo's slave dock to the Empress quay, Rio de Janeiro’s port zone reveals buried truths. This is not just a documentary about place, but about memory, power, and the cyclical violence of urban reinvention. Through the lens of cinema, forgotten stories are unearthed, and the city’s invisible wounds come into view.