Rodovia Belém - Brasília

Rodovia Belém - Brasília 1973

6.00

Documents the arrival of progress with the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway, to improve the living conditions of the people in the cities in the interior of the country. It also presents interviews with people from the region, who express their opinion about the benefits brought by the highway.

1973

Panorama do Cinema Brasileiro

Panorama do Cinema Brasileiro 1968

7.00

The panorama of film production, from 1898 to 1966, told through the work of young pioneers who built the odyssey of cinema. The lines, styles and trends are in this anthology of many of the best moments of Brazilian Cinema, which seeks, in a moment of maturity, to perpetuate and encourage the impetus of the pioneers.

1968

Brazil in Cannes

Brazil in Cannes 1971

1

The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the transition from film to industrialized production. It is the meeting of producers, technicians, critics , celebrities in general, offering opportunities for greater knowledge and renewal of values

1971

A Madona de Cedro

A Madona de Cedro 1968

6.00

Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal the image of the Madona de Cedro (the Cedar Madonna), sculpted by Aleijadinho in the 18th century, from the town sanctuary.

1968

Megalopolis

Megalopolis 1973

6.30

An analysis of the phenomenon of accelerated urbanization in Brazil, and more particularly in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

1973

Os Brasileiros e a Conquista do Ar

Os Brasileiros e a Conquista do Ar 1973

1

The first Brazilians who engaged in aviation, from Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão with his hot air balloon to Alberto Santos Dumont, giving Brazil a prominent place in aviation. The creation of the Military Air Mail (CAM) and the Brazilian aviation industry. Commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Santos Dumont. The house where Santos Dumont was born; Bartolomeu Gusmão (Santos - SP); small hot air balloon Júlio César Ribeiro de Souza; 1881: his Victory balloon flies in Paris; Augusto Ribeiro; Santos Dumont: the balloon in the Torre Eifel, the 14 bis, the 'Demoiselle': real scenes of the time. Edu Chaves flies the Rio-Buenos Aires route in the 1920s. Current era: manufacture of the Bandeirante (assembly line). President Médici flies in the first Bandeirante; Xavante and Ipanema, Universal, rego elo and other models manufactured by Embraer in São José dos Campos.

1973

Humberto Mauro

Humberto Mauro 1970

1

A short documentary on the film works directed by Brazilian pioneer Humberto Mauro. With an extensive career that began in the silent era and then moved to the talkies, Mauro was recognized as one of the most important Brazilian filmmakers of all time.

1970

The Heirs

The Heirs 1970

5.80

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the advent of the TV.

1970

Ecologia

Ecologia 1973

1

This film denounces the exploitation of natural resources by certain industries of extraction and transformation. This documentary is considered as the first Brazilian film on this theme.

1973