Film Exhibition - Paid in Blood

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After surviving a massacre in which police killed 10 landless rural workers, the key witness and his lawyer fight for justice and the right to land.

By following their paths over seven years in the Amazon region of Pará, the film reveals shocking events that point to a possible attempt to cover up the crime. “Pau d’Arco” premiered at the É Tudo Verdade International Documentary Film Festival 2025 and won the Jury Prize in the Ecospeaker Showcase.

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Directed by Ana Aranha, the film is a production of Repórter Brasil and Amana Cine in co-production with RioFilme.

Ana Aranha's work as a journalist and documentary filmmaker has earned her 18 awards. She directed the documentaries “Relatos de um Correspondente de Guerra na Amazônia” (Accounts of a War Correspondent in the Amazon), which won the 40th Human Rights Journalism Award, and “Slaves To Fashion,” for Al Jazeera. She is the executive producer and screenwriter of the documentary “Jaci – Sete Pecados de Uma Obra Amazônica” (Jaci – Seven Sins of an Amazonian Work), winner of the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Award.

She is also responsible for several short films and special investigations at Repórter Brasil, where she was head of the newsroom between 2015 and 2019. She was a reporter for Agência Pública and Época magazine and has published in El Mundo and The Guardian.

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