Benedita da Silva
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: April 26, 1942
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Female
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A Estética da Luta
Overview: About Rio de Paz
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
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Intermissions
Overview: Intermissions follows Lula during the hectic election campaign for the presidency in 2002. Lula gave filmmaker João Moreira Salles and his crew complete access, and the result is an intimate documentary of what went on behind the scenes. Sometimes, Lula is afraid that he will lose his freedom as president. Combined with Lula's candor, the film's observational style provides some very special insight into one of Brazil's most popular leaders.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2004-11-19
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Babilônia 2000
Overview: Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-11-22
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Mulheres: Uma Outra História
Overview: Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the Constituent Assembly who managed to gain the approval of some of their proposals for the Brazilian Constitution which was being written at the time. The film features appearances from suffragist Carmen Portilho, who reminds viewers about the long history of struggle for women to earn the right to vote in the country, and Jandira Feghali and Benedita da Silva who would become some of the most influential political leaders in the country’s history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-06-14
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The Coup d'État Factory
Overview: Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV Globo. Two Brazilian journalists in the UK reveal the manipulative tactics of these organisations.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-09-08
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Terceiro Lado
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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Benedita da Silva
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-03-07
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Luzes, Mulheres, Ação
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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A Dívida da Vida
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1992-05-06
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Abolition
Overview: In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his country. This documentary provides an in-depth look through extensive archival researching and interviews of key figures who were involved in preserving black culture. Aside from historical testimony, this epic documentary also points to the current relevance of facing the racism that still confronts the black population in Brazil.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1988-05-13
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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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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Overview: Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-11
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Filhas de Lavadeiras
Overview: Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their ancestors. Their memories, joys and sorrows become present as a possibility for a new fate, transforming the hard work of the washerwomen in a spectacle of life and fulfillment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-07-04
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Our Lives
Overview: The documentary addresses the stereotypes that imprison both men and women, the prejudice against women at the time and the need to legalize abortion to avoid the damage caused by illegal abortion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Pelé
Overview: Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé's extraordinary path from breakthrough talent to national hero. Mixing rare archival footage and exclusive interviews, this documentary celebrates the legendary Brazilian footballer who personified football as art.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2021-02-23
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The Memory Thread
Overview: A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-12-31
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Lobby do Batom
Overview: The most successful case of collective fight for women's rights in Brazil.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-03-28
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Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
Overview: In 2018, Brazil’s 1988 Constitution turned thirty. Known as the Citizen Constitution, it was a landmark in the history of Brazil, the outcome of across-the-board engagement of society in its preparation. In Congress, the parliamentarians best known for their involvement in this initiative were names that are still familiar today in Brazil’s political history: Ulysses Guimarães, Teotônio Vilela, Tancredo Neves and Nelson Carneiro.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-11-26
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Toda Criança é Criança
Overview: The documentary recalls the mobilizations in favor of the Child and Adolescent Statute, when hundreds of street kids occupied the Chamber of Deputies Plenary to symbolically vote for the approval of that law, in July 1990.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-08-28
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