Walter Lima Jr.
Biography: Walter Lima Jr. is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1965. His 1969 film Brazil Year 2000 was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver Bear.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 26, 1938
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Janela da Alma
2001-10-20
Janela da Alma
Overview: Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world. Unusual images, of burning trees or empty deserts, link the interviews, which vary from deep to funny to poetic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967-01-01
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Overview: Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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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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The Spirit of Zé Lins
2006-01-01
The Spirit of Zé Lins
Overview: Documentary on the life and work of José Lins do Rego (1901-1957), one of Brazil's greatest 20th century literary authors, writer of celebrated novels "Menino de Engenho", "Fogo Morto", "Moleque Ricardo", "Riacho Doce" and many more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Thomaz Farkas, Brazilian
2003-01-02
Thomaz Farkas, Brazilian
Overview: About the Hungarian photographer, an exponent of the history of the Brazilian documentary, directed by filmmaker Walter Lima Junior and sponsored by Petrobras.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-01-02
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Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
1989-01-02
Alex Viany - Um Documentário em Vídeo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-01-02
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Walter.doc - o tempo é sempre presente
2000-01-01
Walter.doc - o tempo é sempre presente
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Pitanga
2016-09-23
Pitanga
Overview: This 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-23
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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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Cidade dos Festivais
2005-01-01
Cidade dos Festivais
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
2013-02-07
Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
Overview: Documentary about the cinema that formed the Paissandu Generation, in the 60s, and the cultural and social impact of that period for the country's history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-07
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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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Paloma, Paloma
Paloma, Paloma
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