A documentary that follows the trajectory of Laís Bodanzky and Luiz Bolognesi. Together they set forth on a journey to show Brazilian short films in public squares throughout the country. They traveled almost fifteen thousand kilometers on an expedition that began in São Paulo, on through the south of Bahia state, Chapada Dimantina, the São Francisco river, on to the semi-arid hinterland of Alagoas state, Pernambuco, Piauí, Maranhão, and to Tocantins, to end in the Amazon region, with one particular instance of a session on land acquired through squatter's rights by the Landless Movement, on a cassava plantation.

     The journey was by car, carrying with them a 16mm projector, a 1.80m x 2.20m screen, sound equipment, and a generator. Cine Mambembe toured many communities without electric light and, also, Indian villages, such as those of the Pataxó and Khraó Indians. There were many people who actually saw a film for the first time or who rediscovered the art of cinema after more than decades without seeing a film.

     Interviews and images of the reaction of people complements this encounter with a visceral Brazil, remarkable, able to reflect on the world, to absorb the content of the films, and immediately refer same to a reality of their own.