Participant comments
The session was very well organized. Registration was simple and emails were always answered quickly. I thought the choice of the film was great, as it is a current and relevant content, in addition to being accessible, in the sense of being easy to understand. This online viewing also makes it easier because each student can watch the movie at the time that is best for them..
(Professor Isabel Wilmer - Bio Extension Project - On the Beach course)
I thought the film was very good, it presents the real Guanabara Bay, without being too sensational and showing the existence of a still great diversity of living beings, which is not known by the entire population. I also found it quite interesting that the importance of the Bay to the surrounding community was shown through both fishing and leisure. The government's neglect and lack of interest in restoring and protecting this place of such cultural and environmental value was shown with responsibility and the hope that this situation is not irreversible was presented in a brilliant way.
(Samuel - student - Bio Extension Project On the Beach - teacher Isabel Wilmer)
The Documentary was very important for the group's research, which is developing a project around the socio-environmental impacts in Guanabara Bay, focusing mainly on ESEC Guanabara. The film allowed us to access several sources and situations that we had not yet encountered during the research, such as all the diversity of marine life and all the main causes of the Bay's pollution. The images are very powerful and we started to fall in love with this natural heritage that we have in our city and which is daily damaged by human intervention. The documentary, in addition to presenting different situations involving the Bay, presented several professionals and people who are involved with the protection of the environment, in different ways. Whether with direct security, or with studies, or through communication itself, this was also very important, presenting different perspectives, and all very important. In the same way that we were delighted with the film, we want to bring this feeling to our project, making people recognize the importance of the Bay and relate to it in a healthier way.
( Bárbara Castro - student PUC-Rio - subject DSG1006 - ADVANCED PROJECT - SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL USE AND IMPACT - professor Aron Moraes)
Each student watched at home and I collected feedback from students and parents the next day. They loved seeing the animals and the reports, but it was a little tiring for them because of the length of the doc.
( Professor Átilas Melo, E.M. School Professor Dulcinda Jotta Mendes (São Pedro da Aldeia, RJ) - Science discipline - 7th grade students)
The film brings an approach from an environmentalist perspective with researchers and people who live and survive from the waters of the Guanabara Bay and its multiple uses. The photography of corral fishing and dolphins was beautiful!
(Professor Monica do Nascimento Brito, from the State University of Norte Fluminense in Campos dos Goytacazes, discipline Special Topics in Urban Studies: Cinema and the City, the City in Cinema)
