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Amazomania

Film Languages

Korubo, Portuguese, Swedish, English

Director

Nathan Grossman

Producer

Cecilia Nessen

Editors

Jordana Berg, Nathan Grossman

Cinematographers

Erling Söderström, Diego Lajst, Nathan Grossman

Sound

Emil Salling, Peter Seeba

Music

Josefine Skov

In 1996, a Brazilian government official and a Swedish journalist ventured deep into the Amazon to document first contact with the isolated Korubo people, a mission shaped by escalating land conflicts and the promise of a historic discovery. The footage that emerged was celebrated internationally as a rare glimpse into a world unseen by outsiders.

Nearly three decades later, that same material takes on new meaning. Revisiting the archive and retracing the journey, AMAZOMANIA interrogates the legacy of that encounter, exposing the unequal power dynamics, cultural misunderstandings, and enduring consequences set in motion by the camera’s gaze. As the Korubo assert their right to tell their own story, the film becomes a riveting reflection on documentary ethics, colonial inheritance, and the hidden costs of being “discovered.”

Nathan Grossman

Nathan Grossman

Director, Amazomania

Nathan Grossman is an award-winning Swedish documentary director known for his focus on social and environmental issues. He began his career as a photographer for Rolling Stone and transitioned to filmmaking with the viral short film THE TOASTER CHALLENGE, about human energy consumption, which has been viewed more than 24 million times on YouTube. Grossman’s first TV series, MEAT YOUR DESIRE, exposed cruel stunning methods at slaughterhouses and earned him a Swedish Emmy nomination at the age of 26.

In his feature debut, I AM GRETA, he followed Greta Thunberg from the first day of her school strike to worldwide prominence. The film premiered at Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival and went on to win numerous awards, including a Critics Choice Awards documentary award and an honorary Emmy. Since then, Grossman has directed films for The New York Times, investigated unscientific monetary policy in DEBT FEVER, and toured festivals with the award-winning CLIMATE IN THERAPY. He now returns with AMAZOMANIA, premiering in the main competition at CPH:DOX.

Grossman holds a B.A. from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and an M.A. in Science Journalism from Columbia University.

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