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- DirectorSilvio TendlerStarsCamila AmadoJorge AmadoPaulo AutranDocumentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.
- DirectorLuís Alberto PereiraStarsLena BartmanPompílio DiasLilian LimaDocumentary about 30 years of Brazilian politics, focusing on ex-president Jânio Quadros, a controversial persona, elected using the broom as a symbol (to sweep away corruption!). For some a pathetic and lunatic figure, for others the great responsible, with his resignation, for the dire events following his successor: the military coup.
- DirectorSilvio TendlerStarsLeonel BrizolaJoão GoulartJuscelino KubitschekThe story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoStarsEduardo CoutinhoElizabeth TeixeiraFerreira GullarA filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.
- DirectorToni VenturiStarsJorge AmadoOlga BenarioArthur BernardesBrazil's history during the 20th Century serves as a background to Luiz Carlos Prestes's curious course. The Knight of Hope, as he was known, took part in the epic march of rebellious soldiers in the '20s, when he could testify Brazilian people's misery. After that, he became a communist and started to fight for more justice in his country.
- DirectorLeon HirszmanStarsLélia AbramoLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaVinicius de MoraesA detailed look at the events that led to the continuous strikes that shut down many factories during the still repressive days of the military regime. The workers union, led by syndicalist Lula, demanded better work conditions and better payments, fighting not only against their exploitative bosses but also the political establishment of the time. Crowds were gathered, protests and marches were planned, constantly followed by the police but the workers bond and strategy was so strong and efficient that everything turned out in their favor, with peaceful movements and no casualties on both sides.
- DirectorJoão Batista de AndradeStarsAlmino AfonsoDom Paulo Evaristo ArnsAntônio BrittoWhen Brazil was coming out from its dictatorship period, the first civilian president after 20 years of military rule, Tancredo Neves, got ill with a strange infection and finally died on 21st April 1985 before taking office. Knowing political stability could get compromised, before dying, he tried to look healthy, and the press also helped with the farce. The documentary is about his slow public agony and death.
- DirectorJoão JardimWalter CarvalhoStarsEvgen BavcarRaimunda da Conceição FilhaFelipeA sensitive statement about the importance of vision and our dependency on it, and on how malleable and adaptive is our soul.
- DirectorJoão JardimStudent testimonials, whether from public or private schools, about fears and anxieties in the school environment.
- DirectorEduardo CoutinhoResidents of a slum in Rio de Janeiro are invited to share religious experiences and personal beliefs while reflecting about their daily lives.
- DirectorPedro AsbegRenato MartinsMaracanã was built for the first World Cup in Brazil in 1950. Initially, it had a democratic space called General. The record analyzes the recent works in the stadium and shows classic fans.
- DirectorLúcia MuratStarsPhilippe de BrocaMichael CainePhilippe ClairFantasies and clichés about Brazil and Brazilians as reinforced by international films, even those actually shot in Brazil. This documentary features interviews with non-Brazilian directors, writers and stars who have been involved in some of those films.
- DirectorErik de CastroThe saga of the First Group of Fighter Aviation of Brazil, which took part in the Second World War in the Italian skies, told by their own pilots. There are 23 interviews with veterans and their families, all of them illustrated by artist Júlio Zartos's drawings and mixed with images of that time, took by cameras hidden in Brazilian planes or borrowed from Aerospace Museum of Rio de Janeiro.
- DirectorDarko BajicStarsDejan PetkovicThe story of Dejan Petkovic 'Rambo', a Serbian footballer who became a legend of Brazilian league and Flamengo in particular.