

The philosopher of geography wants to rewire your brain about borders.
The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the debate about Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. Santos discusses his views on the importance of respecting difference and his belief that an alternative globalisation model could wholly enfranchise all citizens of the world. An illustrious presence in 20th century social sciences, the man dubbed as ‘geography’s philosopher’ eloquently elucidates a developing world perspective on the global age.
Acting
Milton Santos: charisma of a prophet, mind of a cartographer.
Writing
Dense ideas made dangerously accessible.
Direction
Tendler lets the man breathe, think, exist on screen.

Director
Silvio Tendler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Santos developed his 'used territory' concept while literally mapping favelas mainstream geography ignored—a methodological middle finger to Eurocentric spatial theory.
Narrator Fernanda Montenegro is Brazil's only Oscar-nominated actress; her voice here carries the weight of national cultural prestige.
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