Die Vision der Claudia Andujar

A film by Heidi Specogna. In Portugese and French with German subtitles.

Claudia Andujar’s life has been shaped by numerous dramatic events. From her escape from the Holocaust to her work in Brazil, where she found her life’s mission: the protection of the Yanomami people in the Amazon region. In her documentary „The Vision of Claudia Andujar”, German Film Award winner Heidi Specogna unfolds a multi-faceted portrait of the renowned artist. Following in the footsteps of her political and poetic photographs, we travel to the highly endangered rainforest region – and discover Andujar’s legacy.

The moving documentary „The Vision of Claudia Andujar” covers the life and work of renowned photographer, humanist and activist Claudia Andujar. Since the 1950s, she has been passionately committed to the rights and protection of the indigenous Amazonian peoples. With award-winning photographs and a lifelong commitment, she fights against the brutal actions of gold diggers, militias, timber companies, cattle ranchers and their exploitation. Heidi Specogna’s film delves into Andujar’s life story, which is also shaped by her flight from the Holocaust and finally led her to her new home in Brazil. The film team visits the Amazon region, which is now more threatened than ever, and the Yanomami people living there, to whose protection Claudia Andujar has dedicated her life. There we meet a young generation of indigenous people who are informing the public about the acute threat to their habitat with films they have made themselves: Their documentaries report on the devastating effects of slash-and-burn agriculture, looting and environmental destruction in the Amazon region – and at the same time document the rich traditions and unique habitat of their people.

»The open, undisguised gaze of the people in the camera touched me and aroused my curiosity about Claudia Andujar.« Heidi Specogna