Oscar Niemeyer
Also Known As: Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho
Biography: Oscar Niemeyer was a renowned Brazilian architect, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in modern architecture. He was best known for his use of abstract forms and curves, innovative use of reinforced concrete, and a departure from the rigid geometries of earlier modernist architects. He was a pioneer in exploring the aesthetic possibilities of modern materials and construction techniques. Niemeyer played a central role in the design of Brasília the city specially designed, planned, and built to be the capital of Brazil, which was inaugurated in 1960. Niemeyer designed many of the city's iconic buildings, including the National Congress, the Cathedral of Brasília, and the Palácio da Alvorada.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Deathday: December 05, 2012
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Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
Overview: A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about his long life, his inspirations, and his aspirations towards a just Brazil, and the ways he tried to help that along in his spectacular and beautiful buildings.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-01-14
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1968 - Without Losing Tenderness
Overview: 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 campus was invaded by the police, during the military dictatorship, thus putting an end to its independence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-05-25
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O Universo Graciliano
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-12-18
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Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Overview: The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter run over by a car. The Brazilian Presidents since Castelo Branco. Characters and settings registered through the keen and sensitive perspective of photographer Orlando Brito, in a career spanning 50 years as a professional. From the political sidelines to the lives of Brazilians from the interior, Brito recalls experiences and discusses the role of the photographer and the pain of registering someone’s grief.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-07-10
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Itinerário de Niemeyer
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Conterrâneos Velhos de Guerra
Overview: Documentary about the people who came from all over Brazil to work in the construction of the city of Brasilia, their stories, and the abuse and humiliation they suffered in the process.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-01-02
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Brizola - Tempos de Luta
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-10-19
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Overview: Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Chico e as Cidades
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Genres: Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-01-02
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Quando a Coisa Vira Outra
Overview: Vladimir Carvalho's Cinema of Inequality marked the documentary filmmaker's trajectory over decades of activity. Considered one of the most important Brazilian documentary filmmakers in activity, his images influenced the emergence of Cinema Novo and the new Brazilian documentary years later. Quando a Coisa Vira Outra covers the most important films made by Vladimir, revealing where ideas come from to show the true reality of a country.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-06
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Concrete Dreams
Overview: Murilo Peres and Pedro Barros get a once-in-a-lifetime pass to roll on the fabled curves of some undisputed masterpieces of modern architecture. Oscar Niemeyer remains one of the most important architects in modern history. The Brazilian visionary, who died in 2012 aged 104, elevated modern architecture beyond the realms of function and created buildings that are works of art and express the highest attributes of humanity. His work with reinforced concrete in particular created new architectural forms and possibilities, eschewing the tyranny of angles to create waves and swooping arches of such soaring beauty that they represent nothing less than physical poetry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-06-10
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Brasília, Uma Sinfonia
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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O Risco: Lúcio Costa e a Utopia Moderna
Overview: Lucio Costa is one of the rare personalities in the history of Brazil who allows him to cross his individual history with nation-building in a very natural and open way. The documentary narrates, through the trajectory of the architect and urban planner Lucio Costa, the process of "formation" of modern Brazilian architecture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2002-07-01
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Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-08
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Brasília, segundo roteiro de Alberto Cavalcanti
Overview: It starts in the Indian tabas, goes through colonial architecture and arrives in the Brazilian capital. The film follows a script left by Alberto Cavalcanti, after a trip to Brasilia in 1978.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-12-13
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The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
Overview: Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-05-07
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Urbanized
Overview: A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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Art in Brazil Today
Overview: Documentary about the works
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-06
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Oscar Niemeyer, an architect commited to his century
Overview: The testimony of an artist who continues to believe in the socialist ideal. The story of a man who loves women.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
Overview: A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-10-09
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Zanine, Ser do Arquitetar
Overview: "Zanine, Ser do Arquitetar" portrays the life, thought and achievements of José Zanine Caldas - a self-taught architect of projection in the 60s, of salutary, brilliant and humanitarian work. It is a document about the thought and look of a simple man, yet sophisticated in his art, who was ahead of his time.
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-08-13
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Utopia, Distopia
Overview: 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 1960s, with their dreams and expectations, their hardships, and interrupted projects.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-08
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Brascuba
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-06-25
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The Inventor of Dreams
Overview: Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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The First Images of Brasilia
Overview: The first images of the new capital of Brazil, Brasília!
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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