Building on their friendship of over fifteen years, miner Pretinha and anthropologist Marjo de Theije started to collaborate in a joint film project in Suriname in the course of 2022.

In July 2022, Pretinha and Marjo engaged in making a film project on gold lifeways in Suriname. A crew, under the guidance of film director Júlia Morim de Melo and Marjo de Theije, filmed at the garimpo (goldmine) with Pretinha and several of her Brazilian co-workers in the Brokopondo region of Suriname and in Paramaribo.