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Nathan Grossman
SE FR DK 2026 93'
⚬ History ⚬ Crime & Investigative ⚬ Human Rights
Footage of a 1996 expedition into the Amazon to document the isolated Korubo people resurfaces decades later, forcing the re-examination of the contact and the implications that followed.
Director | Nathan Grossman |
Producers | Cecilia Nessen |
Executive Producers | Pelle Nilsson, Fredrik Heinig, Alexandre Cornu, Comunidade Korubo, Takvan Vakwë |
Production Company | B-Reel Films |
Co-Production Company | Les films du Tambour de Soie, Siersted Films |
Cinematography | Nathan Grossman, Erling Söderström, Diego Lajst |
Editor | Jordana Berg, Nathan Grossman |
CPH:DOX 2026 |
| Runtime | 93' |
| Spoken Languages | Portuguese, Korubo, Swedish, English, French |
| Production Countries | Sweden, France, Denmark |
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, viewed over 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 feature debut, I Am Greta , he followed Greta Thunberg from the first day of her school strike to worldwide fame. The film premiered at Venice and TIFF and won numerous awards, including a Critic's Choice Award and an honorary Emmy. Since then, Grossman has directed films for The New York Times , investigated unscientific monetary policy in Debt Fever , toured festivals with award-winning Climate in Therapy – and is now at CPH:DOX premiering Amazomania in the main competition. Grossman holds a B.A from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, and an M.A in Science Journalism from Columbia University.
