Encontros (Meetings) is the largest and most prestigious book collection of interviews with Brazilian artists and thinkers. With more than 50 published titles, Encontros provides a broad panorama of Brazil's cultural and intellectual wealth. Eduardo Coutinho's filmography has achieved an expressiveness that goes beyond the limits of cinema, being one of the most influential agents in the criticism and revision of oral culture and the representation of the Brazilian contemporary imaginary. To this end, Eduardo Coutinho has reflected deeply on the main issues of the art of documentary cinema. These reflections are brought together for the first time in the interviews in this volume of the Encontros collection.