Zelito Viana
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Biography: José Viana de Oliveira Paula (Fortaleza, May 5, 1938), better known as Zelito Viana, is a Brazilian filmmaker.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Adult: No
Birthday: May 05, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Male
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Chico Anysio É
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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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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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
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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Dossiê Jango
Overview: João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled from office after the coup of April 1, 1964. After that, Jango lived in exile in Argentina, where he died in 1976. The circumstances of his death in the neighboring country were not well explained today. His body was buried immediately after his death, raising the suspicions of premeditated murder. This documentary brings the issue back to the fore and tries to publicly clarify some obscure facts of the history of Brazil.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-07-05
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Roberto Farias - Memórias de um Cineasta
Overview: Filmmaker Roberto Farias' passion for cinema is revealed by his daughter Marise Farias through an intimate look, from childhood to his political, economic and cultural role in Brazilian Cinema. Through Roberto Farias himself and friends such as Luís Carlos Barreto, Cacá Diegues and Zelito Viana, the film tells the stories of the director who achieved a direct dialogue with the public through successes such as O Assalto ao Trem Pagador (1962), the trilogy with singer Roberto Carlos (1968 to 1971) and Pra Frente Brasil (1982). Texts from an unpublished book of memories are interpreted by his brother, actor Reginaldo Faria.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-08-18
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Milagrez
Overview: Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-02
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Dib
Overview: Documentary that addresses, through the testimony of directors and actors, the work of Dib Lutfi, considered one of the greatest photographers of Brazilian cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-02
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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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Cacaso
Overview: Cacaso, a Brazilian poet, lived in Rio de Janeiro. Born Antonio Carlos de Brito (1944-1987) he was one of the leaders of the marginal poetry movement. Cacaso filled notebooks not only with poems but reflections, drawings and collages. He also became a lyricist and partner of celebrated songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Edu Lobo, Toninho Horta, João Donato and Sivuca.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-04-10
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Que Filme 'Tu Vai' Fazer?
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-07-11
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Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-10-03
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