O Ateliê de Luzia - Arte Rupestre no Brasil Filming Locations

Some recent and controversial findings have helped Brazil play an unprecedented and central role in the world archeology scenario. The ascertained date of some remains found at the Serra da Capivara National Park in the state of Piauí for example, suggests that men lived in this region 50,000 years ago. Regardless of when they arrived, these men left thousands of rock paintings and engravings: a priceless scientific and artistic legacy, virtually unknown by Brazilians themselves. The documentary Luzia's Atelier Rock Art in Brazil stems from this perception, thus taking us to a fascinating trip that probes into Brazils visual remainings. Its first section consists of a comprehensive survey and an analysis of existing rock art in Brazil, through some of the most breathtaking and majestic prehistoric sites. The film, however, does not simply consist of a list of conclusions drawn by archeologists about our prehistoric past. The second section of the documentary presents an attempt to apply the archeological scientific method to the analysis of the current Brazilian remains. The camera then turns to the concrete walls of large Brazilian towns and unveils extracts from these sites valuable and surprising information about Brazils contemporary man, relating them in an unprecedented way to the ones made by our ancestors. A lyric and striking journey, in the search of impossible answers to questions that apply both to todays and prehistoric men: Where do we come from? What are we doing here? Where are we going to?