Brazil

• Documentary Films
• Feature Films

Documentary films

O amor natural: gebaseerd op de erotiche poëeie van Carlos Drummond de Andrade . Heddy Honigmann. First Run Features, First Run/Icarus Films, 1996. VHS. Readings of and commentaries on the author's erotic poems.

Atlántico negro: na rota dos Orixás / Black Atlantic : on the Orixás route . Renato Barbieri. Instituto Itaú Cultural Videografia, Filmakers Library, 2001. VHS. Traces African traditions to Brazil and back.

Amazon journal. Geoffrey O'Connor. Filmakers Library, 1995. VHS. Recent political events in the Brazilian Amazon.

Antonio Carlos Jobim: an all-star tribute. View Video, 1994. DVD.

Bahia: Africa in the Americas . Geovanni Brewer. University of California, Extension Media Center, 1981. VHS. Explores cultural continuum that links Africa and Brazil.

Banking on life & debt . Robert Richter. Maryknoll World Productions, 1995. VHS. Examines economic exploitation of children in three countries, including Brazil.

Brazil . John McCarthy, Geoff Dunlop. CTVC, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003, 2004. DVD. H ighlights the political initiatives taken by Catholics and evangelical Protestants in Brazil.

Brazil: an inconvenient history . BBC-TV, Seventh Art Productions, Filmakers Library, 2000. VHS. Charts Brazil's history of black slavery using original texts, letters, accounts, and decrees with commentary.

Brazil : heart of South America . International Video Network, 1988. VHS. Images of Brazil.

Brazil: priestesses, samba dancers, and mulattos of Brazil . Carmen Sarmiento. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1992, 2003. DVD. Examines life in Brazil through the eyes of its women.

Brazil : winning against AIDS . Bullfrog Films, 2001. VHS. Brazilian government's national HIV/AIDS program.

The business of hunger . Robert Richter. Maryknoll World Productions, 1984. VHS. Western multinational corporations' role in causing world hunger in four countries, including Brazil and the Dominican Republic.

Carmen Miranda: bananas is my business . Helena Solbert. International Cinema, PBS, Channel 4 Television, National Latino Communications Center, 1996. VHS. Biography of the Brazilian actress.

Child labor in Brazil. Allison Prince. Showtime, 2003. DVD.

Cildo Meireles . Branka Bogdanov. Institute of Contemporary Art, 1997. VHS. Interview with the Brazilian artist and art critic.

Cine Mambembe: o cinema descobre o Brasil . Buriti Films, 1998. VHS. Two filmmakers journey to the interior of Brazil.

City life . Steve Bradshaw. Bullfrog Films, 2001. VHS. Follows Marta Suplicy, the mayor of São Paulo, Brazil to a variety of locations in the city.

Crisis in Brazil: a conversation with anthropologist Terence Turner . Don Lynn Productions, 1992. VHS. Discussion of films about Brazilian Indians' opposition to the building of a dam.

Doing the right thing . Hilary Sandison. Bullfrog Films, 2001. VHS. Discusses the transformation of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Emerging powers (volume 4: Brazil). Wall Street Journal Video, 1996. VHS. Examines Brazil's economic development.

Favela rising . Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary. HBO Documentary Films, 2005. DVD. About the Grupo Cultural AfroReggae.

The feast . Timothy Asch, Napoleón Chagnon. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Documentary Educational Resources, 1970, 1990. VHS. Alliance formation between Yanomamo Indian villages in Brazil and Venezuela.

Festive land: Carnaval in Bahia . Carolina Moraes-Liu. University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 2001. V HS.

I am a child ! Miguel Schapira. International Labour Office, 1996, 2002. VHS. Child labor in three countries, including Brazil.

Iawo: initiation in a Gege-Nago temple . Moses Kondler, Geraldo Sarno. Cinema Guild, Latin American Film Project, 198?. VHS. Initiation of new priestesses of the Orisha cult in Brazil.

Irmãos de navio . Sergio Oksman. Musart Music, c2003. DVD. Jewish immigration to Brazil.

Jungle secrets . Vincent Carelli, Dominique Gallois. Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, 1998. VHS. Oyampi/Wayampi Indian stories enacted by tribe members.

The last of the hiding tribes: a record filmed over 30 years, 1967-1998 . Adrian Cowell. Nomad Films for Channel Four, Universidade Catolica de Goias, Bullfrog Films, 1999. VHS. Traces the history of three Brazilian tribes in the Amazon.

Mexico, the frozen revolution. Macondo Cine, Gleyzer Films, Facets Video, 1964, 1966, 1971, 2007. DVD. Title film uses newsreel footage to connect the betrayal of the 1910 Mexican Revolution with the failure of revolution in Mexico. Two additional films are "The land burns / La tierra quema" which exposes the inequities of land ownership in Brazil and "It happened in Hualfin / Ocurrido en Hualfin" which examines the generational cycle of poverty in Catamarca, Argentina.

A negação do Brasil / Denying Brazil . Joel Zito Araújo. ArtMattan Productions, 2000. VHS. Analyzes race relations as portrayed in early Brazilian soap operas.

Odô yá! : life with AIDS . Tânia Cypriano. Brazil Image, Vivai Pictures, Filmakers Library, 1997. VHS. Documentary on Brazilians with AIDS who have found solace in candomblé.

Ori . Raquel Gerber, Beatriz Nascimento. Angra Filmes, Fundação do Cinema Brasileiro, Third World Newsreel. VHS. Black struggle for power, especially in Brazil.

Quilombo country. Leonard Abrams. Quilombo Films, 2006. DVD. Provides a portrait of rural communities in Brazil that were either founded by runaway slaves or begun from abandoned plantations.

Radio Auriverde. Sylvio Back. Apel, 1990, 2001. VHS. Brazilian troops in WWII Italy.

Roda viva . TV Cultura, 1980-. VHS. Television series includes interviews with Brazilian theater directors and producers, composers, singers, and authors.

O rap do Pequeno Principe contra as almas sebosas / The Little Prince's rap against the wicked souls . Paulo Calda, Marcelo Luna. RIOFILME, LAVA, 2002. VHS. Documentary about two young men and their hip-hop lifestyles in the Brazilian city of Recife, features performances by the rap group Faces do Suburbio.

Salve a Umbanda / Hail Umbanda . José Araújo. University of California Extension, Center for Media and Independent Learning, 1986. VHS. Documentary about Brazil's fastest growing religion.

Samba: on your feet . Eduardo Montes-Bradley. Filmakers Library, 2005? DVD. History of the samba.

Saudade do futuro . Marie-Clémence et Cesar Paes. Laterit Productions, Cobra Films, 2001. DVD. Dreaming of a better life, migrants from the northeast of Brazil speak about the city of São Paulo.

Segredos da mata / Jungle secrets . Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, 1998. VHS. Brazilian Indian stories.

The shape of water . Kum-Kum Bhavnani. 2006. DVD. Stories of women who are political activists, including one in Brazil.

The spirit of samba: black music of Brazil . Jeremy Marre. Shanachie Records Corp, 2000. DVD. Explores various styles of Brazilian music.

The spirit of TV . Vincent Carelli, Dominque Gallois. Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, Latin American Video Archives, 1990. VHS. Shows how Wayampi Indians have used video to communicate.

Tem que ser curioso / One has to be curious . Caimi Waiassé. Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, LAVA, 1996. VHS. Brazilian Indian films his village and travels to Bolivia to share his images and experiences.

Terra de negro. Programa Raízes, 2003. VHS. History and life of black population of Pará.

Theatre of the oppressed: Augusto Boal in Belfast. Northern Visions, 2000. DVD.

Video in the Villages . Vincent Carelli. Centro de Trabalho Indigenista, 1989. VHS. Describes the work of the video project in the Amazon.

Without fear of being happy / Sem medo de ser feliz. Cinema Guild, 1994. VHS. The documentary interviews members of the Partido dos Trabalhadores-PT and includes archival footage of PT events and demonstrations.

Yndio do Brasil . Silvio Back. Riofilme, Sagres, Usina de Kino, 1969, 1996. VHS. Shows how domestic and foreign films have portrayed Brazilian Indians since they were first filmed in 1912.

Feature Films

Alma corsária . Sara Silveira, Carlos Reichenbach. Dezenove Som e Imagens, Facets Video, 1993, 1996. VHS.

Amor bandido / Beloved lover . Bruno Barreto. Fox Lorber Home Video, 1981, 1991. VHS.

Bye, bye, Brazil . Bruno Barreto. 1980. VHS.

Capitalismo selvagem / Savage capitalism . André Klotzel. Chicago Latino Cinema, Facets Video, 1993, 1994. VHS.

Carandiru . Hector Babenco, Drauzio Varella. Sony Pictures Classics, HB Films, Columbia TriStar Do Brasil, Globo Films, BR Petrobras 2003, 2004. DVD.

Central Station . Walter Salles. RIOFILME, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1998, 1999. DVD.

Cidade de Deus / City of God . Paulo Lins, Fernando Meirelles. 02 Filmes, Miramax, 2003. DVD.

Cobra Verde . Werner Herzog. Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1987, 2000. DVD.

Como era gostoso o meu francês / How tasty was my little Frenchman . Nelson Pereira dos Santos. New Yorker Video, 1995. VHS.

Deus e o diabo na terra do sol / Black god, white devil . Glauber Rocha. Copacabana Filmes, Facets Video, 1964, 1995, 2003. VHS, DVD.

Doña Flor and her two husbands . Bruno Barreto, Jorge Amado. Carnival Films, Fox/Lorber Home Video, 1994. VHS.

Four days in September . Bruno Barreto, Lucy Barreto. Pandora Cinema, Miramax Films, 1997, 2003. DVD.

O homen do ano / The man of the year . Rubem Fonseca, José Henrique Fonseca, Patrícia Melo. Film Movement, 2003, 2005. DVD.

The house of sand / Casa de areia . Andrucha Waddington. Globo Filmes, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005, 2006. DVD.

A hora da estrela / The hour of the star . Eliane Bandeira, Suzana Amaral, Alfredo Oroz, Clarice Lispector. Kino on Video, 1986, 1987. VHS.

Luzia Homem . Fábio Barreto, Domingos Olimpio. Embrafilme, 1988, 1991. VHS.

Madame Sata . Isabel Diegues. Video Filmes, Wellspring Media, 2002, 2004. DVD.

Memórias do cárcere / Memoirs of prison . Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Graciliano Ramos. Regina Filmes, International Home Cinema, 1984, 1986. VHS.

O casamento de Romeu x Julieta. Bruno Barreto. Filmes do Equador, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004. DVD.

Orfeu . Carlos Diegues, Caetano Veloso, Vinicius de Moraes. Rio Vermelho Filmes Ltda., Globo Filmes, New Yorker Video, 1999, 2002. DVD.

Orfeu negro / Black Orpheus . Marcel Camus, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes. Lopert Films, Inc., Criterion Collection, 1959, 1999. DVD. Extended international version with special features.

Pixote . Hector Babenco. New Yorker Video, 1981 VHS , 2001 DVD.

Quilombo . Augusto Arraes, Carlos Diegues. New Yorker Video, 1984, 1991. VHS.

XICA . Carlos Diegues. Embrafilme, New Yorker Video, 1993. VHS.