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People and mannequins are confused in the reflections of the showcases of a shopping mall.

A movie about the rope holders in Brazil's most famous party, the "carnaval" of Salvador, Bahia.

Spain, 1940s. Two young seamstress sisters, Maruxa and Coralia, have their lives changed during the Civil War. In resistance to the Franco dictatorship, the anarchists leave their house every day at two o'clock. Years later, they become the most photographed women in Santiago de Compostela, land of pilgrims. To find out what Maruxa and Coralia have done, director Uliane Tatit travels to the Galician capital and follows the paths made by the two sisters.

From sweeper and does everything in theaters in the 1950s, Gê became a nationally renowned artist and one of the most prolific actors in Brasilia. With more than 60 years of career, he has acted in more than 50 films and over a hundred plays, in addition to numerous participations in commercials and soap operas. For some, he is just one among many other excellent national actors, but for those who know him up close, he is a true intangible heritage of Brasília.

A visual account of when an image finds the photograph.

The brazilian govermnent opens airstrips in Amazon. Footage of cities Belém and Manaus.

A woman's blunt testimony as she narrates her experience of violence and trauma before and after her time in prison clashes against the landscape behind her, which epitomizes the many other layers of violence that she endured. While looking at the camera, the woman plays tarot cards for humanity (and to ourselves, who watch her as if her counter-plan, as if were asking the cards) and reveals news of the end of the world. Of this world. "If the sky falls on our heads, that's where we shall live."

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo Bulbul gathered some of the most notorious Brazilian black directors to talk about their works, their lives and their perspectives on the future.

Amid discussions surrounding the approval of a law prohibiting animal-drawn transportation in the city, one family of cart drivers continues to resist.

The history of the famous Portuguese stone sidewalks, from their appearance in Lisbon, in the middle of the 19th century, until they reached Rio de Janeiro and perpetuated themselves on the iconic Copacabana boardwalk, created by Burle Marx.

Brazil is huge, made of an extremely colorful mix of races, origins, ideas and cultures. Now it has come to a boil: the country torn apart by political, and religious conflicts, our forests burnt down and razed to the ground, "minorities" persecuted, and part of the population arming itself on the expectation of something wicked coming our way in the most polarized election ever.

Exu, Uma Tragédia Sertaneja, aired on January 16, 1979, portrayed the fight between the Sampaio and Alencar families, in the Pernambuco city of Exu, which had dragged on since 1949 with violent deaths side by side. Shown as a Globo Repórter Documento, directed by Eduardo Coutinho, it featured testimonies by singer and composer Luiz Gonzaga, born in Exu, and members of both families. Even a federal intervention was suggested to end the conflict.

Like millions of São Paulo residents, Castanheiro is a migrant. Coming from Recife as a child, at age 11 he began his artistic career playing zabumba. He performed with artists such as Trio Nordestino, Zé do Baião and Luiz Gonzaga. But Castanheiro also served as manager of one of the biggest forró houses in the city, as well as artistic director of a record company and radio programmer.

It describes fifteen years of pain, fear, panic, doubt, discrimination, segregation and death of victims of one of the biggest radiological accidents in the world.

The feature-length documentary "Cavalo de Santo", based on the homonymous book by the photographer Mirian Fichtner, is the result of ten years of research among the terreiros of Rio Grande do Sul and portrays the Afro-Brazilian religious universe in Rio Grande do Sul.

Where the winds of oblivion blow, the return of times of horror is always possible.

In this film Indians—and only Indians—talk about the contemporary threats they are facing today. They are no longer the Conquerors or the American Cavalry. Now it is industrial development that is wiping out traditional land. Shot on three continents: the USA with the Hopi and Navajo; Amazonia, and on the Bolivian highlands, and in Geneva where Indians of the Americas come together to create an international indigenous network.

Short self-portrait about director Rafda'el Batista. In this short film Rafda narrates his relationships and complications with his vision of life, solitude and his existence.

Remembering that this documentary is not an official documentary by Cogumelo Records, which aims to launch an official project about its history soon. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the bands and people who were not mentioned in the documentary, as it is impossible to cover everyone, especially the way we work, without sponsorship, without a producer, with our own resources. I hope you understand.

A documentary about the life and the importance of Brazilian musician and symphonist Cláudio Santoro.

In the film, the ballroom movement is portrayed, highlighting the importance of the so-called houses — ballroom communities that welcome LGBTQ+ people in situations of social vulnerability, especially Black people, trans people, and travestis — and offer them a new perspective on life within this cultural context. These houses provide a space of freedom to be yourself, to compete for prizes, and, most importantly, to show how brightly you can shine on the dance floor.

A documentary on cultural identities, with an emphasis on music and African religions in Cuba and Pernambuco, Brazil, seen through the eyes of two artists: a Cuban actress and theater director, and a Brazilian “coquista” and holy mother of Pernambuco, each one visiting the country of the other. The film documents the Festival del Caribe, held annually in Santiago de Cuba, during its thirtieth edition honoring Pernambuco.

A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing research of images.

A centennial documentary that traces the history of the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement.

Reconstitution, through photos, films and texts, of the arrival in Brazil of the poet Cendrars, in 1924. Tributes received, visits throughout the country and the desire to make a "100 percent Brazilian film". Testimonials from figures who lived with the intensity of the core of modernist artists: Tarcila do Amaral, Oswald de Andrade, Mário de Andrade and Di Cavalcanti. Scenes from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Martinho Farm and the 1924 Revolution. Scenes from the movie LES HEURES CHAUDES DE MONTPARNASSE. Reference to Aleijadinho and Febrônio Indio do Brasil.

A documentary of profound irony about the bourgeois dream of establishing a film industry in Brazil in the 1930s. The project in question, the Companhia Americana de Filmes, went bankrupt before finishing its only film, which was called 'Eterna Esperança' (Eternal Hope).