Jards Macalé Movies

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and...

This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial character of Brazilian culture over the last four...

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolution. "It's super-intellectual. A...

An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an...

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings...

In the 1970s, in the midst of a military dictatorship, composer Jards Macalé and filmmaker Luiz Carlos Lacerda (Bigode) shared a house in Rio...

At Pedrinho's request, Dona Benta begins to tell the legend of the Minotaur. In the middle of the story, a strange visitor appears on the farm and...

"Todas as Melodias" is a sensible journey throught the life and works of one of Brazilian music's biggest artists, Luiz Melodia. Featuring archive...

As filmmaker Jairo Ferreira shoots his life and friends in Super 8mm he also becomes the vampire of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo. In...

The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical contribution and historical context of this...

Documentary on one of Brazil's most controversial personalities: Getúlio Vargas, an ex-president.

When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by...

Successful businessman, Paulo Chupadinha send his wife to a convent every year to really enjoy Brazil’s carnival. He meets a cabaret woman that...

Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original...

A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a...

In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious...

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop...

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).

Documentary about Flamengo, one of the most popular soccer teams in Brazil