Ruth de Souza
1921 - 2019
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Fred Ouro Preto
Emicida, Fernanda Montenegro
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Assault on the Pay Train
Roberto Farias
Eliezer Gomes, Reginaldo Faria
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Assault on the Pay Train
Também Somos Irmãos
José Carlos Burle
Aguinaldo Camargo, Grande Otelo
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dignity, winning in life due to his honesty and search for social recognition. His brother, on the contrary, is a rebel small time crook who believes his behavior is the product of the treatment he received while being rased by the whites.
Também Somos Irmãos
A Negação do Brasil
Joel Zito Araújo
Joel Zito Araújo, João Acaiabe
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
Denying Brazil
Ladrões de Cinema
Fernando Coni Campos
Antônio Pitanga, Milton Gonçalves
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.
Ladrões de Cinema
Sinhá Moça
Oswaldo Sampaio, Tom Payne
Anselmo Duarte, Eliane Lage
In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinhá Moça falls in love with a young lawyer, and they get involved in a great love story.
The Landowner's Daughter
Ravina
Rubem Biáfora
Eliane Lage, Mário Sérgio
A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her responsible for the tragedy, she decides to take revenge on both. Brazilian version of Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
Ravina
Angela
Tom Payne, Abilio Pereira de Almeida
Eliane Lage, Alberto Ruschel
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation.
Angela
