In April 1912, five young Brazilians decided to climb Dedo de Deus, a 1600-metre-high rock that juts into the Brazilian sky. They knew nothing about mountaineering, but this did not deter them from wanting to honour their country by taking the Brazilian flag to the top of this huge finger of rock. Their feat made Dedo de Deus a symbol of Brazilian mountaineering.
Director
Alexandre Diniz
Born in Brazil in 1968, Alexandre Diniz is the director of the International Mountain Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, which reached its tenth edition in 2010. "Caminho Teixeira" is his first film.
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