
Acting
Paulo Freire
Born — Died
1921-09-19 — 1997-05-02
Place of birth
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
8 titles
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and philosopher. He is considered one of the most notable thinkers in the history of world pedagogy, having influenced the movement called critical pedagogy. He is also the Patron of Brazilian Education.
Known for
5.0Documentary series in five episodes about the Brazilian thinker who is a world reference in education. Cristiano Burlan investigates the formation of Paulo Freire and his influences for the conception of Pedagogy of the Oppressed from testimonies of his family and professionals who knew him or work in the institutions where he put his concepts into practice.
Paulo Freire: Um Homem do Mundo
2020
Documentary about an international meeting of Ministers of Education from Guinea Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and other post-colonial countries.
Reconstrução, Educação
1978
NRIn 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.
Reading the World
2025
NRFive documentary filmmakers were invited to dive into the collection of the Museu da Pessoa and to propose rereadings and authorclippings from the life stories of Brazilians who passed through the museum.
Pessoas - Contar para Viver
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Paulo Freire - Educar para Transformar
2005
NRRecord of the 1989 elections, when Brazil was divided between Lula and Fernando Collor. It brings together material gathered from the streets of São Paulo, television broadcasts, and support from artists like Djavan, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Lobão, and Leci Brandão. Additionally, it features footage of the marches and Lula's first interview after his electoral defeat. A work that recounts fragments of the struggle for democracy in the country.
Dias de Euforia
1989
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
2000s · 2 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Paulo Freire - Educar para Transformar
2005
NRIn honor of educator Paulo Freire , the Ministry of Education (MEC), through the Department of Distance Education (Seed), launches the documentary "Paulo Freire contemporaneous", by Toni Venturi. According to the director, the video takes up the origins of the first experiences of literacy and popular education developed by Paulo Freire and shows how his thinking and pedagogy are still present today. This is not just a memory movie. The documentary shows situations in which the Freirean teaching model is used today. People are unaware of actions that drank from that fountain. The film updates Paulo Freire and shows how he took root in many segments of society
Paulo Freire Contemporâneo
2007

