Xingu (2012)
Directed by Cao Hamburger
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Synopsis by Perry Seibert
Cao Hamburger's period drama Xingu tells the story of three brothers who, while trekking through Brazil in 1943, discover a native people known as the Xingu. The threesome live for a while with the Xingu, and after their new friends suffer numerous deaths during a flu epidemic the brothers work to keep them healthy and preserve their culture. Xingu screened at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.