Orlando Senna
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 25, 1940
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Known For
Tempo Glauber
2005-06-01
Tempo Glauber
Overview: A documentary short on Tempo Glauber, a foundation created by filmmaker Orlando Senna and Glauber Rocha's mother Lucia in order to celebrate and preservate her son's legacy.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-06-01
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O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
2001-01-31
O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
Overview: The documentary presents an overview of Vladimir Carvalho's cinematographic career, from the very beginning, as a co-writer of “Aruanda” (1960), directed by Linduarte Noronha, to the present day. With Vladimir himself as the main narrator and illustrated by scenes from his films, the documentary also features interviews with Gilberto Gil, Orlando Senna, Arnaldo Carillo, Dácia Ibiapina, Fernando Duarte, Sérgio Moriconi, among others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-01-31
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A Grande Feira
1961-03-10
A Grande Feira
Overview: The naive sailor Ron arrives in Bahia to visit the famous Água dos Meninos street market. There, however, he is passed behind by the prostitute Maria, lover of the bandit Chico Diabo, who stabs him. He, however, can't forget her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1961-03-10
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Caveira My Friend
1970-01-01
Caveira My Friend
Overview: The adventures of a gang of thieves and murderers led by violent Caveirinha. A radical disruption proposal from the postulates of the Cinema Novo, a film with a loose narrative structure. Through the actions of a group of outlaws, the director sews in scenes that propose iconoclasm and elation as forms of opposition to the military dictatorship oppression.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The Screenwriter
2012-01-01
The Screenwriter
Overview: 32 renowned Brazilian screenwriters of the contemporary Brazilian cinema talk about their creative processes. From the concept of script to their agreements and disagreements, going through their experiences with filmmakers, their reaction to the finished film, critic, and even controversies on auteurism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003-09-17
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Overview: Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-09-17
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Cego Aderaldo - O Cantador e o Mito
2012-07-08
Cego Aderaldo - O Cantador e o Mito
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-07-08
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Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007-11-26
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Age of Earth), including unedited clips taken from the sixty hours of recovered raw footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-11-26
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Depois do Transe
2006-01-01
Depois do Transe
Overview: The 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."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Sol da Bahia
2019-07-02
Sol da Bahia
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Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-07-02
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A Última Vanguarda
2024-03-19
A Última Vanguarda
Overview: 70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the dissemination and development of Bahia gave rise to an artistic vanguard that still impacts Brazilian culture today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-03-19
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O Artesão de Sonhos
2008-01-02
O Artesão de Sonhos
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-02
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Retrato da Terra
2004-03-14
Retrato da Terra
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-03-14
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Tocaia no Asfalto
1962-03-13
Tocaia no Asfalto
Overview: A gunman is hired to kill a corrupt politician. However, the agreement is canceled. Despite being a hired killer, the man takes his job seriously and prefers to go to the end.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-03-13
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Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
2015-10-05
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-10-05
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Memória Viva
1987-12-17
Memória Viva
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-12-17
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Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
2013-01-22
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-01-22
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Bahia SCI-FI
2015-06-26
Bahia SCI-FI
Overview: Since the 1970s, Roberto Pires has militated against the use of nuclear energy. For that, he went looking for the biggest Brazilian name in this subject, César Lattes, professor of Nuclear Physics at UNICAMP. Believing that nuclear energy could, in the long run, extinguish human life. With the collaboration of Orlando Senna, he writes the screenplay for the film “Abrigo Nuclear”, an ambitious production, science fiction film entirely produced and shot in Bahia. With little money, armed with his creative ability, Roberto builds a 'spaceship' and a studio in the backyard of his house. He calls children, relatives and friends and begins production on “Nuclear Shelter”, which is released in 1981. With statements by Orlando Senna, Laura Pires, Nonato Freire, among others, the documentary "Bahia SCI-FI" intends to explore the universe that surrounded Roberto Pires, Bahia and the possible nuclear war of the late 1970s and early 1970s. 1980.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-06-26
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O Guarani
2007-05-31
O Guarani
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-05-31
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Vladimir Carvalho, Conterrâneo Velho de Guerra
2004-01-01
Vladimir Carvalho, Conterrâneo Velho de Guerra
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Ser Tão Cinzento
2011-08-24
Ser Tão Cinzento
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-08-24
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O Outro Lado da Memória
2018-09-19
O Outro Lado da Memória
Overview: In 1996, filmmaker André Luiz Oliveira started preproduction of Viva o Povo Brasileiro, a film adaptation of the novel by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. Principal photography went on for nine years, but the production was shut down after a series of unfortunate events. This documentary retells that story, repurposing the fictional footage and chronicling the work both in front and behind the scenes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-09-19
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Era Uma Vez Iracema
2005-07-14
Era Uma Vez Iracema
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-07-14
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Cinema Novo
2016-05-16
Cinema Novo
Overview: A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-05-16
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Filhos de João, O Admirável Mundo Novo Baiano
2011-07-22
Filhos de João, O Admirável Mundo Novo Baiano
Overview: A panorama of Brazilian popular music from the 60s and 70s through the musical group Novos Baianos. A retrospective of the community lifestyle adopted by its members and the influence inherited from singer João Gilberto.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-07-22
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Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo
2019-07-10
Santiago das Américas ou o Olho do Terceiro Mundo
Overview: In a small island convulsed by the 1959 revolution, Santiago Álvarez used the Seventh Art as a political weapon and created an aesthetic that became a reference in the documentary field. Santiago, who called himself a permanent traveler through history, registered the most significant facts of his time, from the Cuban Revolution to the disintegration of the Soviet Block. He took to spectators from all continents a counterpoint to the history narrated by the United States Information Service, USIS. Through his works, we dive into the Cuban political and cultural scene, the tensions of Latin America, the Vietnam War, the countless conflicts for African independence, always with a peripheral look that is characteristic of his cinema, currently converted into a memory of a world in transformation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-07-10
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Gitirana
1975-01-01
Gitirana
Overview: Yesterday, the inhabitants of the Nordeste had to abandon their land for lack of water. Today, floods are driving them out... Deprived of their roots, the people continue to remain faithful to their traditions and beliefs, while progress is imposed by the power of money.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
2020-10-22
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Overview: 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 of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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O Amor Dentro da Câmera
2021-03-18
O Amor Dentro da Câmera
Overview: O AMOR DENTRO DA CÂMERA is an essay documentary that tells the story of Conceição and Orlando Senna, pioneers of Audiovisual, who live a romance of almost 60 years, crossed by the History of cinema and Latin America. Intimate and metalinguistic, portrayed in the warmth of the home and through archival materials, when telling a love story, it takes us through the cinematographic and political networks that have woven across the continent.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-03-18
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O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
2006-08-19
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
Overview: Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The newspaper spoke of culture, politics and education through satires and prominent figures in the cultural scene of the time passed through him. Archive scenes and music from the period seek to reconstitute the spirit of the 68-generation. The film has the participation of personalities such as Ziraldo, Zuenir Ventura, Arnaldo Jabor, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Heitor Cony, Fernando Gabeira, Betty Faria, Hugo Carvana, among others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-08-19
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