A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 16, 2022
Original Title:
O Dente do Dragão
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Barroca Filmes
Production Countries:
Brazil
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 27
The second-biggest nuclear accident in the world happened in Goiânia, capital of Goiás, Brazil. In September 1987, two scrap collectors looking through an abandoned clinic (Goiânia Radiotherapy Institute) found an old radiotherapy device. Moved by curiosity with the machine, they took it to a junkyard, where they disassembled it and extracted a capsule containing a blue powder that glowed in the dark. From that night onwards, the radiation spread unseen throughout the city, contaminating more than a hundred people, leaving deep marks and traumas. From a collage of contaminated images, radioactive ghosts emerge, embedded in the history of that place.
Director:
Rafael C. Parrode
Editor:
Rafael C. Parrode
Producer:
Marcela Borela
Henrique Borela
Camilla Margarida
Sound Designer:
Rafael C. Parrode
Sound Mixer:
Belém de Oliveira
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