For those who see her behind the tray, it’s quite clear Toinha isn’t just any other Bahian selling typical food. What people don’t even suspect is that she’s the one who makes the palm oil used to prepare the acarajes she serves.
A brave and bold indigenous girl, protector of her jungle and its wild life and guided by her shaman grandfather, pairs with a boy from the big city, against animal traffickers in the Amazon forest.