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A documentary about the centuries-old story of one of the biggest clubs in Brazilian football. From its foundation, the early years, the continental and world titles and the achievementes of its greatest stars.

Stories of prejudice, abandonment and overcoming difficulties are told by the residents of Santo Ângelo, a city built to treat leprosy patients. The human testimony of the remaining residents reveals the marks that remain from the time when hospitalization was compulsory. Condemned to isolation from a lifetime, without love and in revolution, in music and film as the main weapons to face their personal dramas.

"Ao Vivo em Copacabana" (English: Live in Copacabana) is the first live album by the Brazilian recording artist Claudia Leitte, in her solo career. The DVD was recorded during a single concert performed on February 17, 2008, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro in front of more than one million people.

Os Paralamas do Sucesso Uns Dias Ao Vivo é o título do lançamento de uma das bandas pop-rock mais respeitadas do país. Reunindo o melhor do repertório do grupo e contando com várias participações especiais. O show, gravado em novembro de 2003, no Olympia, em São Paulo, mostra a banda em um dos seus melhores momentos.

The visits of Brazilian sanitarist Oswaldo Cruz to Amazon in early 20th century.

The animals make a party in the river bottom, to wait the Pororoca wave to pass.

Inside a Brazilian slaughterhouse, two skilled men build a cow.

Marcelo Osíres Carvalho is a 30-year-old boy, shy and without any social life. His great hobby is comic books, but Marcelo ends up getting too involved with this fantastic universe and decides to transform into a superhero to fight crime. What seemed like a simple daydream ends up working and the new hero ends up being recognized by the whole city. And, just like in the world of comics, reality also saves mysteries and revelations for the last pages.

A movie by Isa Albuquerque starring Juan Alba.

Different ways to meet someone.

The DVD MY DEAR FRIEND opens the retrospective series of work of Chico Buarque, highlighting some of his passions: the city of Rio de Janeiro and its partners and friends. "I kept an almost alien look on Rio I still have a relationship with the city of wonder. " Friends, partners and songs will be happening in the first episode of the series, in a relaxed and intimate way.

01. Intro: Guanguanco - Mighty Dub Katz 02. It Just Won't Do - Tim Deluxe 03. Rockafeller Skank (Mulder Urban Remix) - Fatboy Slim 04. Doom's Night - Azzido Da Bass 05. Put Your Hands Up For Brazil - Fedde Le Grande 06. Waterman - Olav Basoski feat Mitchie One 07. Just Another Brazilian Groove - Daniela Mercury / Mighty Dub Katz 08. Follow Me, Follow Me - Tejo, Black & Alien Speed 09. Right Here, Right Now (Redanka Mix) - Fatboy Slim 10. Bucci Bag - Andrea Doria 11. Super Stylin - Groove Armada 12. Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz 13. Magic Carpet Ride (Young Punx Remix) - Mighty Dub Katz 14. This Feeling - AB/DC 15. Exceeder - Mason 16. Praise You (Fatboy Slim Full Length Mix) - Fatboy Slim

The documentary follows the campaign of 6 candidates to the municipal legislative council of the city of Rio de Janeiro (population of approximately 6 million) in Brazil, in the 90 days preceding election day. All of them dispute their first election, but only two of them will be successful.

Recorded live at Estacao Embratel Convention Center in Curitiba, Brazil on October 11, 2005.

An illegal transaction involving a criminal organization, two arrogant foreigners and a jerk taxi driver. By the streets of the South Zone in Rio de Janeiro, this strange mix of personalities and cultures turns out to have an unexpected and hilarious outcome.

Video extracted from the TV show "Tim Maia in Concert", performed at the Hotel Nacional in Rio de Janeiro in March 1989, produced and broadcasted in Brazil by Globo TV.

Mateus, his wife Antônia, their three kids and his brother Pedro opened a grocery/bar in Goiânia, Brazil, in 1959, called "Armazém Brazil". But in the opening party, the Police, headed by a violent inspector nicknamed "Capitão", arrive to arrest, with extreme violence, an outlaw known as "Flexa". This violent scene scars the family permanently and becomes the prelude to a tragedy.

In a building in the south-central area of ​​Manaus, the most contrasting reactions are recorded during an earthquake felt by the building's residents. Meanwhile, the gardener Elizon describes in his own way the causes and possible consequences of the event.

Marciano tells some of the stories of his adolescence. The first love, the friends and his discoveries are remembered affectionately, as well as his 15th birthday, which seemed the beginning of a different life.

A strange night for Antero and Lucia, in which a mysterious invader threats the couple's decadent life.

Super 8 material shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in black and white.

Inspired in "Os Sertões" by Euclides da Cunha, this film tells the saga of the last survivors of the Canudos war.

Documentary on the social movement of homeless workers and the occupation of abandoned buildings in São Paulo, Brazil.

My meeting with the end of the world.

Documentary about the group of people gathered in 1991 who call themselves "Doutores da Alegria" (Doctors of Joy). They dress as clowns and go to the hospitals to bring some comfort to young patients.

The documentary shows the experience of women who experienced abortion in four public hospitals in Brazil, and addresses motherhood, affectivity, intolerance, loneliness and the issue of illegality.

Divina Núbia, one of the most famous transformer divas in Brazil, tells a bit about her life story, her old relationships, the trip to Italy as a prostitute, and all the other dirty little details until she became the artist she is today.

Eliezer Batista – O Engenheiro do Brasil is a documentary about the life of Eliezer Batista, former president of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, twice Minister of State and one of the most influential characters in modern Brazil. The film reflects the thoughts and feelings of a visionary man and his achievements in Brazil and the world.

The origin and trajectory of the Samba School Nenê da Vila Matilde is told by its founder.

In 1964, the Ikpeng Indians had their first contact with the white man in a region close to the Xingu River. Threatened in their territory by the invasions of miners, they are transferred to the Xingu Indigenous Park. The Ikpeng remember these moments and interpret episodes that the white man and his camera did not witness.

"A Little More A Little Less" is a simple, low-budget and no voice-over documentary. Images of São Paulo from above and pictures invite us to a trip that shows,as the directors put it, that one’s pain is a tragedy, and the death of millions, a statistic.

A day at the beach

Experimental projects carried out during scientific initiation - 2002 / UFRJ

The square was created in 1874. Since 1879 it's name is Praça General Osório. It has a clock that displays the official time of Curitiba city, capital of the State of Paraná in Brazil. The busy square, people gathering together and being apart from each other. A reminder to the fact that each person may be noticeable.

A slum boy's wake and his father's efforts to give him a last moment of dignity.

Documentary about the trajectory of Antônio Polo Galante, known as "The King of Boca". The film maps work and forms of production in Boca do Lixo, popular area in Luz neighborhood located downtown São Paulo, where usually night clubs and sexual services establishments were located.

In a monologue, a man expresses his views over the international selling of the Amazon rainforest.

A documentary made in Mexico City about a singular character and her feelings about sex and religion.