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Three Brazilian pioneers, who struggled for the first time to exercise a role previously only allowed to men illustrate the trajectory of women's struggle from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day.
Recognized in Rio Grande do Sul (RS) for his career in theatre, Flávio Dornelles built and consolidated his artistic career in Pelotas since the early 1980s, a period in which he began his work as an actor on the local stages, later going on to perform as actor in several cities of RS and in many states of Brazil.
Animations (only parts in nuclei in the film) and images, many of them archival and foreign, illustrate that the notion of time is associated with movement and its measurement is performed by the rotation of the Earth around its axis and the Sun. The angle of inclination of the Earth in this last movement also marks the climatic seasons. From the need for greater accuracy in measuring time, gnomons and solar quadrants arose, for whose reading the duodecimal numbering is used. Based on this numbering, time zones and mechanical measuring devices were established, illustrated by the clock mechanism with a church bell. The evolution of astronomy determines the creation of more accurate electronic devices for the evaluation of time, such as the meridian telescope, the Markowitz chamber, the electronic oscillators and the telescope, with which astronomers work at the National Observatory.
Certain commemorative dates some time ago changed their meaning. One of the houses is transformed. Ana and Luiza, in the midst of dives, seek reflections on the ways that the house can present itself in the folds of time. An early childhood farewell ritual and a proposal for reconciliation with those who came before.
In Cenas de Família, Persici records both playful personal moments and everyday happenings throughout the municipality of Castelo. The filmmaker tours around the state of Espírito Santo by car and train overjoyed with the registration possibilities of his camera. Today, Cenas de Família, which is the only surviving film of Persici, is considered to be one of the most important historical documents of early Brazilian cinema.
The documentary tells the origin of Arsenal since its creation in Turin and portrays the work carried out by Italian missionaries, precisely in the place that was the shelter and reference point for so many immigrants, and the stage of dreams, expectations, anxieties and conquests of millions of people of different nationalities, mainly Italians.
São José do Vale do Rio Preto, 1940. The coffee plantation is depleted, generating consequences for the region: with the decay, commercial houses are closed, railroads are removed and farms are abandoned. The former source of income for that population since the end of the 19th century has given way to poultry farming, which is gradually developing into a new economic cycle, despite the fear of those who still live in the city and in the village of Tristão Câmara.
Images of the 1936 carnival, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, especially the Corso on Avenida Rio Branco, the day of the ranches, and the parade of carnival societies (Democratico, Tenentes do Diabo, Fenianos). Night images. Note: Presentation card of Pathé Baby. Probably a film produced and distributed by Pathé Baby in Brazil.
Gift, act or effects of spontaneously giving something of great value to someone. An undeserved gift.
Based on her personal experience, the director critically reflects on images of female ejaculation, denouncing the predominantly male and macho discourse about women’s sexuality.
This short documentary explores the situation of the incarcerated male trans population and their health problems generated by the gender binarism that dominates the prisons.
Short film produced by the website Vista-se with the purpose of making people think about the origin of food and touches, without any text, on the point of liking animals and eating animals.
In the same place where he built his political career, ex-President Lula speaks for the last time before being arrested, on April 7, 2018. At the same time, 10 new trucks leave a Mercedes-Benz assembly line with fewer and fewer workers.
Babi is going to marry Elvis at Fernando's bar.
Short film about Peruíbe and why it is considered the city of UFOs.
A short documentary, composed entirely of archive footage, on "Praça Onze," a Brazilian samba song by Herivelto Martins based on actor Grande Otelo's efforts on saving Praça Onze, where Carnaval parades were held in Rio de Janeiro up to the late 1930s, from being demolished.
Since I was a child, I heard my mother speaking about my indigenous ancestry. Two decades ago my maternal uncle went to meet the Xukurus looking for traces of our past. I decided to continue this search.
In 1975 Angola declared itself independent and a long Civil War broke out. Forty years later, Alice, the only Brazilian daughter of an Angolan family in Brazil, decides to go to Angola in search of the stories that motivated her parents to give her that name.
Documentary on Mermaidism.
Until I was three years old, I could not speak. His tongue was stuck. After she let go, a few words lingered in her throat.
In Brazil five different people tell their traumatic stories of violence and prejudice because of their identity or sexual orientation. They reflect on each other's stories to empower themselves.
A documentary about the life and the importance of Brazilian musician and symphonist Cláudio Santoro.
The documentary "O Saber Tradicional" approaches the theme of Nature Cure, revealing the beginning of herbal medicine, the importance of popular knowledge and the growth of complementary therapies. Alex Botsaris, physician and expert in medicinal plants, talks about the doctor-patient relationship, and highlights the importance of natural medicines to reduce costs for the treatment of simple diseases
The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa, who formed the group with the name of Doces Bárbaros (Sweet Barbarians), at the suggestion of Bethânia. Conceived to present the shows of the live album that would be released (Doces Bárbaros - Live), the documentary changed of tone when registering the arrest and judgment of Gilberto Gil and of a companion by possession of drugs. Gil was forced to go to a detox clinic, and only went out to participate in the programmed shows.
This documentary investigates violence and human nature through the story of an actress who dedicates her life to humanizing the prison system, the rap duo 509-E formed by Dexter and Afro-X inside Carandiru, and a judge who believes in a more dignified means of resocialization for prisoners. Over a period of seven years, beginning in 2000, the documentary follows the lives of these characters.
A tribute for a mother, by her son.
Composed of images and sounds collected on the internet and given new meanings in the editing, this poetic-visual essay is based on the itan “Obaluaiê has his wounds transformed into popcorn by Iansã”. In this reverence to the iyabás Iansã, Nanã and Iemanjá, their powers and rhythms give rise to a reflection on encounter, transformation, enchantment and cyclical movements.
The spiritual power behind China's national anthem.
A denunciation of child sexual abuse in São Paulo, Brazil, triggers a 'lynching' of innocent individuals, fueled by media sensationalism and errors in the police investigations.
In Rio de Janeiro, in the city’s north side, a group of friends turn to making comedy and self-mutilation videos as a necessary escape from the harsh reality of their everyday lives and uncertain futures. From 2006 to 2021, fifteen years of images narrate the (mis)directions of a profoundly unfair city/country as much as the formation of a filmmaker’s gaze.
After having shared a common experience in Cuba, twelve filmmakers say goodbye to return to their countries and make a pact: to make a collective film that answers the questions: what does it mean to plagiarize images and how to do it in the distance? The mechanism is unusual: a director makes a short and sends it to the next director, who in turn makes his own short for the purpose of plagiarizing the one he received. And so the chain of plagiarism continues until it reaches the last one. Each one interprets in their own way what it means to plagiarize the received film. The first link in the chain is James Benning, one of the world's most patient filmmakers. His extensive plans are replicated in the following fragments. Disobedience moves the exercise away from literality and an exploration of the texture of the images begins. In its repetitive mechanism, we can see that cinema is, in addition to record of reality, an art of images and sound. (Santiago González Cragnolino)
The documentary follows the photojournalist André Auler during his time in Kobane, a city of kurdishs, located on the warzone between Syria and Turkey.
Sideshow troupes travel Brazil and the United States with a spooky attraction that turns a woman into a gorilla. In the fading world of traveling carnivals, a cast of fascinating characters struggles to keep a popular tradition alive.
In the quest for true love, a young man makes reality his own film.
Juxtaposing two distinct modes of storytelling, one restrained and reverent, another energetic and dissimulated, seeking to recapitulate the plans of conspiracy and coup plotted by the former governor of Guanabara Carlos Lacerda in the backstage of the official history of Brazil using not only the archival images , but the sound of narration and incidental sound effects to characterize the change of focus and tension, as well as establishing the identities of the characters involved, namely Getúlio Vargas, Jânio Quadros, João Goulart, JK, foreign forces, Brazilian military, etc. In honoring the famous passage of the false newsreel in Glauber Rocha's "Terra in Transe" (1967), we will present the trajectory of Carlos Lacerda who, like the dictator Porfirio Diaz, from the fictional city of Eldorado, began his public life in communism but, within a few years, he became a notorious coup and conservative leader.