Patrick Vanier

Amazonia, the sunken archipelago

LE MONDE
Brazil, 2022
14 minutes
French with English
or Portuguese subtitles

A FILM BY 
Patrick Vanier
e Marie Vallerey

DIRECTED BY
Marceau Bretonnier

IMAGES
Patrick Vanier
Dado Galdieri

LOCUTION
Fanny Zarifi 

EDITORIAL
Charles Henry Groult

PRODUCTION
Le Monde
Hilaea Media
Centro Pulitzer

Houses sank, gardens collapsed and schools disappeared, swept away by unprecedented erosion. A few inhabitants are clinging on in the Amazon Delta and rebuilding a little further inland, but most are now hoping only for “God’s help”. Climate change and rising sea levels are at the root of the chaos, but recent local agricultural and industrial choices have also precipitated the catastrophe.