Paulo Pontes

Documents the arrival of progress with the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway, to improve the living conditions of the people in the cities in the interior of the country. It also presents interviews with people from the region, who express their opinion about the benefits brought by the highway.

Documentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities.

The process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará.

The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region.

The phenomenon of Brazilian oral literature with a study on cordel literature and popular singing.

In the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called “bolandeiras”, are doomed to disappear.