Top Cast
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Augusto de Campos
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Satã
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Orson Welles
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Carlos Imperial
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Décio Pignatari
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Cristiny Nazareth
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Clarice Piovesan
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Marcel Duchamp
Overview
A deep dive into the history of São Paulo's avant-garde poetry movement, starting from fragments of the works of poet Augusto de Campos. A collage of rare scenes shows a long trail of comradery between avant-garde poetry and experimental cinema.
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