Glauber Rocha
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1939-03-14
Locus Natus: Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
Et ut:
The Good Cinema
An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...
release : 2021.03.18popularis : 2.412
O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship.
release : 2014.04.02popularis : 2.39
Steps
An experimental, visual poem that registers life and the architecture of Sintra (Portugal), captured by Paula Gaitán and featuring glimpses...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.715
A Mulher da Luz Própria
Helena Ignez is one of the main female figures of Brazilian cinema. She developed a new style of acting. Nowadays, she directs independent films. The...
release : 2019.06.06popularis : 0.358
ORG
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...
release : 1979.08.31popularis : 0.968
Days in Sintra
Using home movies and other media, a filmmaker returns to Sintra, Portugal to search for memories of her late husband, Brazilian filmmaker Glauber...
release : 2008.05.11popularis : 1.142
Rocha Que Voa
Documentary about the relationship between filmmaker Glauber Rocha and Cuba.
release : 2002.08.04popularis : 3.755
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark...
release : 2020.10.22popularis : 2.358
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and...
release : 2003.09.17popularis : 1.412
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
Contemporary film critics regard the epic film I Am Cuba as a modern masterpiece. The 1964 Cuban/Soviet coproduction marked a watershed moment of...
release : 2005.04.14popularis : 2.487
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
release : 1967.01.01popularis : 2.032
11 and a Half Questions to Julio Calasso
A final conversation with departed actor, director and musical producer Julio Calasso Jr., a key character in the Brazilian artistic scene. At his...
release : 2022.10.16popularis : 1.788
As Armas e o Povo
Film directors with hand-held cameras went to the streets of Lisbon from April 25 to May 1, 1974, registering interviews and political events of the...
release : 1975.01.01popularis : 3.073
Jorge Amado no Cinema
Jorjamado no Cinema foi feito para um programa de televisão consagrado ao escritor Jorge Amado. Nesse documentário, Jorge Amado...
release : 1979.01.01popularis : 1.005
The Age of the Earth
Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during...
release : 1980.11.17popularis : 2.712
Mauro, Humberto
Documentary about Humberto Mauro, his work and its importance.
release : 1975.04.15popularis : 0.33
At Midnight with Glauber Rocha
A late-1960s interview with Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, mixed in avant-garde style with scenes from his films and clips from fellow filmmaker...
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 0.649
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Glauber Rocha's 1980 production "A Idade da Terra" (The Age of Earth), including unedited clips taken from...
release : 2007.11.26popularis : 2.147
Wind from the East
A politically oriented film in which images suggestive of a mock western are accompanied by an attack on all cinematic conventions to date and a...
release : 1970.08.19popularis : 3.247
Bahia, For Example
Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that exalts and honors the Bahian culture.
release : 1969.11.24popularis : 1.348
Depois do Transe
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the...
release : 2006.01.01popularis : 1.052
Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber
This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.
release : 1977.03.11popularis : 3.01
Life is Strange
In 1973, during a trip to the city of Essaouira, in Morocco, Glauber Rocha and girlfriend Mossa Bildner took a Super 8 camera to register their...
release : 2015.06.12popularis : 0.948
Simon of the Desert
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and...
release : 1965.08.27popularis : 10.458
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...
release : 2019.05.15popularis : 2.047
Claro
In the words of the director, a movie about 'the colonizers in the view of the colonized', the movie presents a series of disconnected happenings...
release : 1975.01.01popularis : 1.428
Abry
At 84 years of age, Lúcia Rocha admitted herself to a hospital in São Paulo to undergo heart tests. Upon receiving the news about the...
release : 2003.03.20popularis : 0.368
Cinema Novo
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...
release : 2016.05.16popularis : 3.409
Entangling Shadows
Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its...
release : 1998.06.02popularis : 1.904
Milagrez
Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.
release : 2008.01.02popularis : 0.878
Os Cravos e a Rocha
On April 25, 1974 the iconoclastic Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha was in Portugal. There, he joined the collective collective film "As Armas e o...
release : 2015.12.12popularis : 0.128
Golpe de Vista
The rise of Brazilian directors Anselmo Duarte and Glauber Rocha occurred through different professional trajectories. Rocha working as a young film...
release : 2024.01.02popularis : 0.958
A Grande Feira
Made in the famous "Água de Meninos" market, the greatest popular market in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Salvador is revealed without prejudices,...
release : 1961.03.10popularis : 1.567
A Hora do leão - Os sete leões de Glauber
Documentary about Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças
release : 2010.01.01popularis : 0.846
Corman's Eyedrops Got Me Too Crazy
A totally Cardoso-appropriated footage delirium, done as a tribute to US independent cinema's original rebel. In the end, Corman himself blesses...
release : 2020.01.27popularis : 1.822
Abertura
One of the most daring and radical shows presented in brazilian television: "Abertura". It was broadcasted between February and October, 1979 with...
release : 1979.10.01popularis : 0.59
Another Country
The Portuguese Revolution (1974-75) seen through the eyes of some of the most important photographers and filmmakers that witnessed the event. Their...
release : 2000.10.29popularis : 0.368
Race Antenna
In 1979, while Brazil was going through the troubled moment of the Amnesty Law, Glauber Rocha directed the program Abertura for TV Tupi, in which he...
release : 2020.10.15popularis : 1.234
Glauber, Claro
A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interviews and archives, the movie shows the making of his...
release : 2020.10.22popularis : 2.15
Tatu Bola
Expedito, after being abandoned by his parents, became Zefa's adopted son until he became a man and started earning his living as an independent...
release : 1971.01.01popularis : 1.503