Voices of the Forest as Resistance: Reflections on the Brazilian Documentary Mata

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Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on the formation of a dispositif of resistance within the forest through the Brazilian documentary Mata. Guided by images and voices, the film seeks to bring forth the surviving traces of an environmental disaster shaped by the economic expansion of so-called “planted” eucalyptus forests. The methodological approach is grounded in social cartography as an axis of alliances, articulating the notion of ecocinema with the contributions of thinkers such as Ailton Krenak, Édouard Glissant, and Deleuze and Guattari.

Key words:  Ecocinema; Resistance; Forest; Social Cartography; Brazilian Documentary

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  • Lorena da Silva Figueiredo, University of Brasília

    Currently undertaking a sandwich PhD program as a visiting researcher in the Postgraduate Program in Art History at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). PhD candidate in the Postgraduate Program in Communication at the University of Brasília. CNPq researcher in the GECAE research group - Group for Studies in Space, Body, Art and Aesthetics, at the University of Brasília. Holds a specialization in Communication and Media from the University of Araraquara. Graduated with a double degree in Audiovisual and Advertising from the University of Brasília, with a bachelor's degree in Social Communication. Has experience in the areas of Arts, Communication, New Media, Advertising, Television, with an emphasis on Cinema. Specialized in Assistant Direction and Production, and as an audiovisual filmmaker, she has directed the films: Urban Interventions (2016), The City That Affects (2021) and Agroforestry Along the Way (2023).

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2026-03-10

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025)

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Voices of the Forest as Resistance: Reflections on the Brazilian Documentary Mata. (2026). INSÓLITA - Revista Brasileira De Estudos Interdisciplinares Do Insólito, Da Fantasia E Do Imaginário, 5(2), 107-119. https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/insolita/article/view/5224