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A profile of Francisco Marto, an actor and dancer from Paraíba, and his relationship with the artistic world. Colleagues from work and his aunt, with whom he lives, testify about his art, talking about provincial prejudices, the dream of stardom and the possible migration to a big city.

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.

A discussion on Brazilian cinema, focusing on São Paulo's Boca do Lixo production pole.

In the campsites, at the edge of highways, the option for staying at the fields. The tough survival and cultural habits. The typical chimarrão (mate tea) and country music, a factor of integration and resistance. The political organization: commissions, marches, assemblies and blockades. The position of the great farmers. The confrontation: the struggle for agrarian reform.

Documentary about Brazilian silent film "João da Mata"

Mônica, Cebolinha, Cascão and Magali give their testimonies about Christmas: what it means to them, how they celebrate and what they feel on this date.

Maureen Bisilliat retraces the path taken by Mário de Andrade through the Amazon in 1927. Covering 2,500 kilometers in five weeks on board Lima Gonçalves IV - from Belém to Manaus by the Amazon River and up to Porto Velho by the Madeira River -, the photographer recorded her impressions in a river diary written for his grandson Nicholas, then 5 years old.

Life and work of Vladimir Kozák.

Documentary about the life of transvestites, the difficulties they encounter in a large city like São Paulo, their survival in the face of prejudices and problems experienced as social and sexual marginality.

Filmed with a Super 8, this independent production portrays discrimination among homosexuals themselves and stereotypes often attached to gay men. At a Carnival camp, two boys meet and get involved. One of them catches the other dressed as a woman. A disagreement ensues.

Evocation of the paths taken by Glauber Rocha in Monte Santo and Cocorobó, Serra de Canudos, Bahia, when he was filming 'Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol'. Parallelism between the vigor and rigor of Antonio Conselheiro and the filmmaker's purposes, driven by eagerness to awaken the conscience of men and promote freedom.

Documentary about indian people Nhambiquara, living in Brazil, and their celebration of girls' first menstruation, which is for them a sign they are ready for marriage. The film also tackles their struggle to keep their cultural identity and retrieve their lost lands.

A documentary produced in super-8 with a mixture of fiction. It caused a stir wherever it was shown, having to be subjected to the censorship in force at the time of the military regime. It poetically addresses the various prejudices and conflicts that involve the field of sexuality. Two men star in love scenes. Testimonials by Lauro Nascimentos, Eleonora Menicucci, João Silvério Trevisan, Henrique Magalhães and popular people about conflicts involving affection between people of the same sex.

Belém, northern Brazil; a tourist and a beggar meet in Ver-O-Peso market, a culturally rich site in Amazon.

Abstract drawn-on-film animation.

Made immediately after the murder of Margarida Maria Alves, the film captures the raw emotions of the community in the aftermath and follows the investigation into the crime. Barroso uses various tools to tell the story, contrasting images from the offices of the authorities' responsible for investigating the murder with interviews with family members, testimonies from residents of Alagoa Grande, and the public commotion surrounding the event. We are invited to stare unflinchingly into a harsh reality of violence and impunity, but also of fortitude and bravery of the people in the face of injustice.

In an attempt to play a trick on Monica, Cebolinha and Cascão put on a magic show with fabricated tricks. Surprisingly, instead of receiving a beating from Monica, they end up being scolded by their mothers, but not without receiving a stern warning. As a consequence, they learn a valuable lesson.

A vampire is frightened by the reality of urban violence.

The suspense of the film consists of already exposing everything that will happen in the first image ('at the age of sixteen I killed my Logic teacher claiming self-defense') and from there seeks to achieve an illogical atmosphere.

"The artist's statement, in his studio, where he traces the different phases of his work. Newton Cavalcanti speaks of his foray into painting, his concern with subtleties and color variations, the variety of themes he addresses and the vehicles he uses. is valid to manifest your art."

Homenagem a George Segal [Tribute to George Segal] began as a photoperformance conducted in 1975 and became, ten years later, in Lenora’s first videoperformance, inspired by the lonely, pathetic figures by the American sculptor. Facing the camera, the artist brushes her teeth vigorously by the sound of the Beatles’ She Loves You. The foam gradually overflows, completely covering her face and head, giving her an aspect similar to Segal’s eerie characters.

Two thousand fishermen, living in a 50-kilometer stretch of the coast of Rio de Janeiro, between Macaé and Cabo Frio, are threatened with paralyzing their activities. An anhydrous alcohol production plant, located on the banks of the São João River, is causing water pollution, with the indiscriminate release of "vinhoto", a by-product of sugar cane. It prevents the penetration of sunlight into rivers and compromises their oxygenation. Pollution, carried by the current, is already reaching the sea waters. Fishermen, scientists and technicians denounce the plant's procedure, which puts the health of the region's inhabitants and the traditional fishing economy at risk."