Luiza Maranhão

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Antônio Pitanga

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Eliezer Gomes

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Glauber Rocha

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Leonardo Villar

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Antônio Pitanga

Made in the famous "Água de Meninos" market, the greatest popular market in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Salvador is revealed without prejudices,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Geraldo del Rey

Somewhere in Rio Grande do Norte's countryside, Brazil, the wealthy farmer Elói Dantas (Álvaro Guimarães) decides to increase...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lenicio Queiroga

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adelaide Chiozzo

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Márcia Rodrigues

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Késia Estácio