Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the “Cinema Novo” movement (otherwise known as ...

O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de Andrade had assisted in the restoration of more ...

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. ...

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by ...

Many stories revolving around a poor couple who, in spite of hating each other, still live together under the same roof.

The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil’s colonial days, from ...

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an ...

In a small town in Minas Gerais, the arrival of a young priest causes a commotion in the conservative atmosphere of the place, aggravated by the ...

Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer’s history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic ...

A 10-minute portrait of modernist poet and de Andrade’s godfather, Manuel Bandeira, is clear in its affection for it subject, though like many ...

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the ...

Documentary about influential Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, made in his country house in Apipucos, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil).