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Three artists from São Paulo - Leda Catunda, Leonilson and Ciro Cozzolino - talk about their work and the rebirth of painting through pop, conceptual art and graffiti.

A documentary about the artist Aloísio Magalhães.

A worker, tired from another day's work, has a vision in the middle of the night: a large piece of leather is waiting for him, buried somewhere.

A documentary that celebrates the life of Brazilian artist Wilton Braga, one of the first persons in Brazil to be diagnosed with AIDS. We witness the flesh and soul of a man with remarkable strength and resolve in the face of a life-threatening illness; to find life and faith in the face of adversity.

Produced for Globo Repórter, a documentary by Eduardo Coutinho about the master Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari.

It portrays the cultural manifestations of the inhabitants of the favelas on the banks of the Belém River, an important river that runs through the city of Curitiba, whose source is in the Cachoeira neighborhood, flows south towards the Center, and then flows southeast, passing through Prado Velho, Hauer and Boqueirão, where it flows into the Iguaçu River.

The daily life in a shantytown in the north part of Rio de Janeiro, with 10,000 people living in bad conditions, their problems and the issue of police violence.

Award-winning Brazilian experimental animated short film

University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the secret of mass communication through his songs and performances, while ultimately falling in love with one of his groupies.

Vitrines e cartões postais (vitrines and postcards). Store displays and random scenes filmed in the United States and Europe in 1982.

Video documentary on prejudice against black people in Brazil, featuring statements and interviews about racist episodes, and a poll on the importance of Benedita da Silva’s presence in the Constituent Assembly. Footage of the South African bishop Desmond Tutu’s visit to Rio de Janeiro, at a time when Apartheid was still in effect in his country and Nelson Mandela was in prison.

Spiritual leader is in charge of facing and taming machine through enigmas and magic words. He loses control over her and is destroyed. But the entry of a curious child on the scene brings an unexpected outcome.

Cebolinha, while enthusiastically proclaiming that the day was fantastic, gets accidentally splashed with water by Magali. Undeterred, he heads to the playground to continue his declaration, only to be hit by a ball thrown by another boy. Undeterred once again, he tries yet another time to express his opinion about the day but ends up being chased by a dog. Still not giving up, he attempts once more, but this time he accidentally falls into a hole. Determined to make his point, he constructs a fort to ensure he can confidently assert that the day is wonderful. However, just as he finishes speaking, the fort collapses on top of him, leaving him dissatisfied once again.

Short film by Brazilian photographer and filmmaker Eduardo Clark.

Luís Perseghini, a former member of Brazilian Comunist Party, remembers his life e and his dream of living in a socialist country.

The history of reforestation that took place in the mid-19th century, on the top of Tijuca. With the clearing of the primitive forest to plant coffee plantations, the springs in the region dried up and affected the water supply of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Correcting the ecological imbalance, Emperor Pedro II expropriated the local farms and appointed Manuel Gomes Archer for the task.

In the late 1970s, the labor movement began to gain strength. In 1988, the workers of the National Steel Company (CSN) in the city of Volta Redonda decreed a great strike. Military intervention is immediate; repression kills three young workers and injures dozens.

Fragility, transience of the image here is between its appearing-disappearing.

In a tragic example of life imitating art, Babenco returned to São Paolo to shoot this prologue to “Pixote” which examines the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, the lead actor from “Pixote,” and the circumstances of his death at the age of 19, killed by the police under dubious circumstances. - from Yahoo

Scenes of people (superior views) entering and exiting simultaneously from 2 parallel elevators