DOCUMENTARIOS 1950 - 1970
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- DirectorMaurice CapovillaManuel Horacio GiménezGeraldo SarnoStarsAntero de OliveiraVicente FeolaPeléSegment: "Viramundo" In the late 60's, Thomas Farkas imported equipment suitable for direct sound, and released a collection of documentaries called "Brasil Verdade" ("True Brazil"), after the Military Coup d' État in Brazil. The object of the segment "Viramundo" was to question why the Military Coup d' État in Brazil happened without any popular resistance or revolution or reaction of the society. "Viramundo" shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train leaving São Paulo in a cycle repeated everyday. The song with lyric of José Carlos Capinam, music of Caetano Veloso and sang by Gilberto Gil (presently Minister of Culture of Brazil) foresees the scenes and gives a sonorous construction. There is a comparison between specialized and non-specialized workers, with the parallel opinions of a qualified worker and a non-qualified worker. Then it shows some workers of the civil construction and from the industry. Later, it is presented the preachers and the "umbanda" (a Brazilian religion and sort of variation of voodooism and fetishism) and their followers. The charity and the opinion of Mr. Entrepreneur are also presented in this documentary that exposes wounds in Brazilian society.
- DirectorFlávio Moreira da CostaLeon HirszmanRubens MaiaStarsRenato BorghiSamuel CostaAndré FariaFilm in four segments: "Colagem", "Balanço", "Bandeira Zero" and "Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia", having in common a strongly allegorical and gross protest tone in the approach of its subjects.
- DirectorLinduarte NoronhaThe real story of Quilombo Olho d'Água da Serra do Talhado, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, which became institutionally isolated from the rest of the country. Quilombos were runaway slave communities in colonial Brazil.
- DirectorMário CarneiroPaulo César SaraceniIn the brazilian city of Arraial do Cabo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, fishermen struggle to sustain their community. A big industry installs in town, changing the way and the culture of this small village.
- DirectorAffonso BeatoGlauber RochaA short documentary directed by Glauber Rocha and Affonso Beato covering the "March of the 100 thousand" on 26 June, 1968. The march was a student protest against the military regime, against police brutality and also demanding for the release of political prisoners.
- DirectorArnaldo JaborStarsFernando GarciaJerry AdrianiValéria AmarDocumentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the sixties, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military coup and the following dictatorship. Interviews with people in the street disclose their fears, aspirations and political alienation.
- DirectorAloysio RaulinoLuna AlkalayThis documentary takes us on a ride through Marginal Tietê, an important avenue in São Paulo, Brazil, then recently opened to the public. The places it crosses and the people living nearby force the viewer to think about the core of this big city.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsFerreira GullarStatistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land distribution in Brazil's countryside.
- DirectorGlauber RochaGlauber Rocha presents to audiences a brief look at the state of Amazonas, its population, their costumes, the rich nature and its importance to Brazil and the world. And above all, he makes us question why a place rich with natural resources can also be an underdeveloped and exploited place.
- DirectorGlauber RochaIn 1966, José Sarney was elected governor of Maranhão for the first time. To register his inauguration speech and his political pledge to the population of the state, the politician invited the main figure of the Cinema Novo, the great filmmaker Glauber Rocha, to capture everything and turn into a great event. However, Rocha's nervous camera and combative spirit end up capturing a lot more than what Sarney had expected, by showing the contrast between the eloquent words spoken about progress and the harsh reality faced by the poor people.
- DirectorGeraldo SarnoGeraldo Sarno tries to understand, in this documentary, why people leave the Northeastern region in Brazil way to São Paulo.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsJoão CalmonCarlos LacerdaMarcus PereiraA panel of Brazilian political scenery in 1968, alternating images of the main events and politicians and specialists' statements about freedom in the Press.
- DirectorJoaquim Pedro de AndradeStarsFerreira GullarImages of Brasilia in its sixth year and interviews with different categories of people living in the capital. One question structures the documentary: could a fully planned city, created in the name of national development and the democratization of society, reproduce the inequalities and oppression that exist in other regions of the country?
- DirectorPaulo César SaraceniThe documentary presents a wide view on the ethnic groups who live in Brazil. People from all backgrounds and races are interviewed, gathered in several different state capitals to present their view on how people deal with different races and cultures.
- DirectorJean Manzon
- DirectorPaulo RufinoAna CarolinaStarsFrancisco MartinsJofre SoaresA debate about the agrarian reform in Brazil, in free and poetic form, showing the countrymen's struggles and hardships, and rural unionism issues after the military coup, kind of a nonlinear interpretation of Mário Chamie's poem "Lavra-Lavra".
- DirectorJean ManzonStarsLuiz Jatobá
- DirectorHarry RoitmanReinaldo Moreira MarquesThis work intrigued Brazilian critics and cinéphiles, who puzzled over exactly what kind of complicated concoction they had before them. Audiences were typically dazzled and reactions ranged from ecstasy to hostility. The so-to-say plot is rather abstract. The title 'Cycle' refers to the changing moods with actors and outdoor sceneries. No studio takes.
- DirectorXavier de Oliveira
- DirectorRaul Roulien
- DirectorAlfredo PaláciosStarsRandal JulianoA documentary about president and statesman Getúlio Vargas (1882-1954), following his political career from the first assignment as an Agriculture secretary in his home state then his take over of power in 1930 after a coup, leading Brazil for 15 years, then the democratic election that restored him to power in 1950 until his suicide in 1954.
- DirectorSergio Moniz