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The film gradually reveals the apparently isolated existence of Dominguinhos, a 72-year-old hermit who lives inside a cave that juts off from a rock mountain. The film is composed of long silences in which the hermit executes his daily chores, such as cooking and cleaning, and of images that transcend his territory. Towards the end we discover that silence is commonplace in the hermit’s life, the normal state in which time passes. Speech is the state of exception.
A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
DJ Marlboro is considered by many to be the creator of funk carioca and remains one of the genre's leading promoters. This movie chronicles Marlboro's journey with firsthand accounts from the DJ himself and extensive archival footage.
In Belo Horizonte, Teresinha de Jesus has been wandering the same path for 13 years, becoming a well-known figure in the city.
Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues the participation in Brazilian culture of the actress who opened the way for the sexual revolution during the dark years of the dictatorship.
Vera Holtz is an actress who, through cinema, decided to rescue the memory of her family with her sisters Teresa, Rosa and Regina. Facing memory lapses, the actress tries to reinvent her own life in film.
Hereros Angola is a documentary film on the ethnic group of the same name. Originated from Bantu peoples, they maintain their millennial culture which gains new senses through the camera.
Efeito Tácito accompanies IFPB students and staff, addressing the ineffective system of punishments for infractions committed by teachers and staff against students on a daily basis.
Sleepless all night, Kobra remembers his life, from the poor childhood in the outskirts of São Paulo to the international recognition of his work. The events unfold between reality and dream. In an intimate journey, we get to know a rebellious, self-taught youngster doing graffiti illegally on the streets of São Paulo's suburbs, up to worldwide fame as a muralist and peace activist.
Say My Name is a documentary about two transgender women, Selem and Diana, who are struggling for the right to change their names and gender in all official documents and seeking respect from their families and society.
Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Aparecido de Oliveira, who lived with the greatest authorities and personalities from the political, business and cultural circles in Brazil and the world.
The trajectory of Virgulino Ferreira da Silva, better known as Lampião, his cultural legacy and the myths and controversies that surround him.
"Luiza" deals with the delicate relationship between a disabled girl and the universe around her, having sexuality as the guiding thread to address issues such as prejudice, relationships between parents and children, family protection, autonomy, differences and love.
Focusing on capoeira, Vadiação was previously storyboarded by artist Carybé. Its soundtrack preserves the typical chants and berimbau music which are part of that practice, as the film illustrates the evolution of capoeira, simultaneously a martial art and a dance.
It was 24 hours with him. I saw him shake his ass with a friend. Scrubbing tile corners. Have egg salad for lunch. Buy cleaning products. Rehearse in the studio. Playing with children on the grass. In a huge theatre, review texts about scenes of decolonization. Smoke one, or two. Problematizing on the bus. Undressing on the couch in my house. Sleeping without fitting into the bed because you are too tall. I saw the sun bursting on your skin in the morning and said goodbye. I thought a standard session wouldn't encompass the complexity of an intimate recording. So I was his voyeur for 24 hours. Uninterrupted.
A trip from São Paulo to Pernambuco, getting to know the customs and wealth of parts of Brazil.
Elvira Loreley Alma de Dragón accompanies the life of a Fortune Teller from Uruguay. The contrasts of a milenar labor that deals with the destiny of people, inserted into a contemporary society, in a hurry to obtain answers to everything.
Amanda’s perspective on her hometown changes drastically when she discovers that the simplicity and memories in Neves have shaped her true home.
A documentary that revives the memory of the Technical Industrial School of Santa Maria through the voices of former teachers and retired staff, revealing not only how these individuals helped shape and strengthen the institution, but also how CTISM marked and transformed their lives, intertwining individual destinies and collective memory into a living portrait of technical education in Brazil.
The history of São Paulo's first residential district.
Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.
I swear, I promise.
According to Brazilian journalist and biographer Ruy Castro, Vinicius de Moraes directed a short film in the second half of 1962 titled Azul e Branco ("Blue and White"), about Portinari’s tile work at the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro—an endeavor that rekindled his longtime passion for cinema.
A documentary by Eduardo Coutinho about a hired-gun from Brazil's Northeast.
Documentary on the preparation of actors for "City of God".
Existing is a breath of air for those who spend part of their lives merely resisting. In 15 minutes, it tells the story of four LGBTQIAP+ individuals living in João Pessoa. The documentary portrays their personal, romantic, and professional experiences, showing the possibility of going beyond—of Existing.
The documentary follows the project "Vivendo o Trabalho Subalterno", which invited judges to experience a day of activities with invisible workers. In secret, judges exchange their robes for uniforms and live the day of street cleaners, waitresses and gardeners. In turn, manual workers are invited to discuss the role of judges in society. The initiative served as inspiration for the theme of otherness to be part of the initial training of labor judges in Brazil. The first two editions resulted in the publication of a book with the same name, the recording of a podcast and this documentary.
During the bloody dictatorship in Argentina, the military regime kidnapped pregnant women, forced them to give birth, murdered them, and took the babies. Thirty-five years later, a single trial for "Baby Theft, State Crime, and Crime Against Humanity" begins in Buenos Aires, the fruit of a 30-year struggle by the grandmothers of Paz de Mayo to find the 500 stolen babies, their grandchildren.
Every year, a 67-year-old woman celebrates her 7th birthday.
An audiovisual "Self-portrait", the author's attempt to explore his own mind and reflect how he experiences his particular world.
At a time when Brazil was becoming a democracy (1985-1995), four women — Jô, Eunice, Alessa and Fabiana — became mothers while still in their teens. Political evolution and the abrupt entry into adulthood and motherhood are mixed in a film that shows their domestic space, built from personal archives, as well as contemporary images, filmed by the protagonists in 2018, during the election campaign of Jair Bolsonaro.
Since taking office last June, President Rodrigo Duterte has been waging a deadly anti-drug campaign. In the past year, police and vigilantes have reportedly killed over 7,000 people suspected of participating in the drug trade.
Six people, one family, ten years later. Dois Tempos resumes the narrative of the lives of the Braz, created in 2000, in the documentary A Família Braz. In 2010 the same directors return to the same house to update the portrait of the six characters. A decade later, what has been done with your expectations of the past, how you live life in the present and what to provide for the future.
'Olmo and the Seagull' is a poetic and existential dive into an actress's mind during the nine months of her pregnancy as she must confront her most fiery inner demons while trying to rewrite a new philosophy of life, identity and love. Underlying this hybrid film is mounting tension over what is real and what is enacted when one is performing one's own life.
A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his aspirations towards a just Brazil, and the ways he tried to help that along in his spectacular and beautiful buildings.
Sol de Campinas traces the work of archaeologists who, for the past ten years, have been excavating a ring of mounds surrounding a central plaza within a territory currently known as the State of Acre, Brazil. They transition from field to laboratory, interpreting how the land was constructed, what patterns were employed in settlement land use, and the composition of the anthropogenic earth that remains.
