Known for
NRDocumentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. First episode: the influences of Cahiers du cinéma, the New Wave, Italian neorealism. In Brazil, Cinema Novo draws inspiration from these models while drawing on the historical and cultural singularity of the country. The documentary was awarded the Prix Makhila d’or at the Festival de Biarritz, France.
Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
1984
5.6This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
Pitanga
2016
NRA documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cego Aderaldo - O Cantador e o Mito
2012
NRThe documentary VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro is a celebration of these two decades of Brazilian cinema, revealing the role of RioFilme in its recent history. Created in late 1992, shortly after the impeachment of Fernando Collor and shortly before the Audiovisual Law, RioFilme is the daughter of our democratic consolidation and the mother of the recovery, which contributed to and often inaugurated different phases of Brazilian cinema, until the current strengthening of its economy and the multiplication of the diversity of its films.
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2013
No synopsis available yet.
Destruição cerebral, esmagamento craniano, precipitação, fraturas generalizadas
1977
Film credits
2010s · 5 titles
NRA documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro.
Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cego Aderaldo - O Cantador e o Mito
2012
NRThe documentary VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro is a celebration of these two decades of Brazilian cinema, revealing the role of RioFilme in its recent history. Created in late 1992, shortly after the impeachment of Fernando Collor and shortly before the Audiovisual Law, RioFilme is the daughter of our democratic consolidation and the mother of the recovery, which contributed to and often inaugurated different phases of Brazilian cinema, until the current strengthening of its economy and the multiplication of the diversity of its films.
VINTE - RioFilme, 20 anos de cinema brasileiro
2013
No synopsis available yet.
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ser Tão Cinzento
2011
2000s · 2 titles
2.0The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
Depois do Transe
2006
NRDocumentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
Milagrez
2008
Behind the camera
5.6This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
Pitanga
2016
No synopsis available yet.
Destruição cerebral, esmagamento craniano, precipitação, fraturas generalizadas
1977
6.1Short documentary about the ideology of publicity and mass medias.
The Language of Persuasion
1970