This paper aims to remember the emergence of the eye disease of unknown etiology that
affected the residents of Araguatins-TO, between the years 2005 and 2006, taking into
account the environmental, social, and economic impacts for the city. Analyzing the
context of 16 years since the appearance of the disease, until then unheard in the world,
this research aims to shed light on the discussions about what caused the mysterious
disease, its social implications and how the fact still causes strangeness and remains in
the imagination and memory of the population affected by the disease. Although the
theme has been silenced, the present study seeks to capture the memory of those involved
in order to understand the reason for the forgetfulness. Starting from a multi-
methodological approach due to the complexity of the themes observed (Environmental
Journalism, Documentary Cinema and Memory), each of the three chapters is guided by
a social research method, being in Chapter 2 - Environmental Journalism, the Content
Analysis, Chapter 3 the In-Depth Interview and Chapter 4 the Phenomenological Method,
through Giorgi's Method of identifying the Meaning Units through the transcripts of
interviews used in the documentary "The Mystery of the Eyeball". In three distinct
moments and of analysis, this work remains with the gaze fixed on the Araguaia River,
responsible for conducting the history of that community, but which probably could be
the causative factor of the eye disease
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