Vladimir Carvalho Movies

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt...

The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso,...

In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...

The story of the University of Brasília, since it was only a project in Darcy Ribeiro's head until the fateful events in August 1968 when its...

The ritual of the ‘umbu festival’ and the daily activities of the Pankararu indigenous people, dedicated to subsistence farming. Located...

Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of...

Jorge Bodanzy appeals to the emotional memories of the period he spent studying at the University of Brasilia to show us a tableau of youth in the...

Passages from the life of former Alagoan senator Teotônio Vilela, with emphasis on the process of his formation as a public figure, from his...

Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador...

In the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called “bolandeiras”, are doomed to disappear.

The documentary presents an overview of Vladimir Carvalho's cinematographic career, from the very beginning, as a co-writer of “Aruanda”...

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

The documentary portrays the life of Bahian communist leader Giocondo Dias, the left-wing activist who lived two thirds of his life in hiding and led...

In rural Brazil, villagers battle wealthy land barons for the sake of their own survival.