Dona Onete

Based on testimonials from key characters, such as Dona Onete, Manoel Cordeiro, Pio Lobato, among others, in “Terruá Pará”, director Jorane Castro leads us into a deep dive into the diversity of Amazonian music, providing moments of enchantment and emotion.

A teacher, activist, and guardian of Amazonian knowledge, Dona Onete became a music star at 72, but her story began much earlier. In this documentary filmed among the rivers and forests of Pará, Onete sings of the banzeiros (drums), the dolphins, and the flavors of the forest with humor and wisdom in a celebration of the living Amazon that pulsates in her voice.

Leaving Belem and crossing much of the Para State Amazon region, its towns and riverside villages, Amazônia Groove reveals artists and their traditions, faith and mysticism, music and life that pound in the northern region of Brazil. (

Dona Onete became a great name of recent brazilian music, the movie shows one of her concerts and some interviews.

A poetic dive into the cultural richness and strength of women who play a fundamental role in maintaining the musical traditions of the Amazon. A journey through the region's sonic aspects, from samba de cacete to carimbó, through masters such as Iolanda do Pilão, Miloca, Bigica and Onete.

That day was the longest night possible. And with such darkness, there was more time to dream. On the night of the solstice, Pará singer Dona Onete dreams that she is the moon. From above, shining in the deep dark sky of the equator, its glow gives light to three Amazonian stories.

In a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's wife, but secrets from her past threaten to ruin them both.