"The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them."

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"The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them."

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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."

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"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."

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"It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end."

Support

"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."

Collaboration

"No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil."

Career

"The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America."

Support

"Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it."

Experience

"The films that I've done before were original stories most of the time, I did two adaptations before this, but they were mostly original stories where I had complete freedom to evolve in the direction I wanted."

Time

"I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised."

Nation

"So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens."

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"When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT."

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"There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present."

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