Crumpled paper balls are gathered from a muddy road and then unfolded into pages of a book. Within these pages, images of a broken car, scattered across the grass, emerge. As hands turn the pages, a poem comes to life—a requiem for a car overgrown by leaves and insects. Nature survived him.

title: Among the Leaves
technique: Experimental video
length: 5’01”
year: 2013
poem: Marcia Theophilo *
video and images: Maria Korporal

Versione italiana: vimeo.com/64701729

* Marcia Theophilo (born 1941 in Fortaleza) is a Brazilian poet. She studied in Rio de Janeiro, San Paulo and Rome, where she graduated in anthropology. She is nominated for the Nobel Prize and lives between Rome and Brazil. She has published short stories, essays, and several books of poetry. The Amazon rainforest is the topic of Marcia’s life and work: its river, people, myths, the animal and plant life, and the effort and persistence to save the Amazon’s natural and cultural heritage.