A connected history of the Indian image in movies between Brazil and the United States

The text analyzed the conditions of historical emergence of the image of indigenous characters from the perspective of a connected history between Brazil and the United States. We resorted to a series comprised of movies such as Jivaro (1954), by Edward Ludwig; Raoni (1976), by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Luiz Saldanha; and Iracema, the Virgin with Honey Lips (1979), by Carlos Coimbra. The discussion was organized as follows: first, the problem of media culture from the perspective of a connected history between countries, mapping the interferences and asymmetry in the movie industry; second, a conceptual and methodological reflection over Global History and Connected Histories in dialogue with the selected movies; then, an analysis of a few selected scenes was made from the documentary series comprised of feature-length films, problematizing the racial, ethnic, and esthetic-political connotations found in the cinematographic composition of indigenous characters