And once, when they left through the gate on a warm but somber morning, Iffland said it was a good time to leave – the weather seemed so suitable for travel, the sky so close to the land, the objects around so obscured, as if attention should be only on the road on which they wished to follow.

fragment by Anton Reiser, photo by João Dumans.

Mara, Luna, Novinha and Cila, our characters in Vila Preá, Ceará.

photos by ivo lopes.

Tribute to Bruno Lima, a researcher who found the boys and the schools that we filmed in Ceará (Brazil).

Our band is made up… just need to start playing.

Filming in the archipelago of Bailique, Amapá, Brazil.

Photos by Ivo Lopes Araújo and me.