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Kanopy
78
76
7.4
/13257/
73
/316/
69
/223/
3.8
/31033/
88
/72/
86
/357/
81
/8/

Black Orpheus (1959)
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
6.6
/547/
65
/10/
69
/14/
3.6
/930/
83
/398/

Quilombo (1984)
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community of freed slaves. The colony becomes a safe harbor for other outcasts of the world, including Indians and Jews. Ganga Zumba (Toni Tornado) becomes president of Quilombo, the first freely elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. Naturally, the ruling Portuguese want to subjugate Zumba and his followers, but the Quilombians are ready for their would-be oppressors. The end of this Brave New World is not pleasant, but the followers of Zumba and his ideals take to the hills, where they honor his memory to this day. Writer/director Carlos Diegues takes every available opportunity to compare the rise and fall of Quilombo with the state of affairs in modern-day Brazil.
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Netflix
69
43
7.0
/898/
73
/82/
72
/52/
3.2
/12343/

M8 - When Death Rescues Life (2019)
When Maurício becomes a student at a top medical school, he becomes obsessed with a mystery linked to the dead bodies used for dissection.
poster
53
32
5.5
/989/
60
/24/
54
/37/
3.0
/951/
36
/14/
55
/21/
52
/14/

Orfeu (1999)
Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.
poster
70
27
6.8
/324/
74
/10/
66
/7/
3.4
/819/
78
/9/

Pacified (2022)
Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio Olympics. As Brazilian Pacification Police battle to maintain a tenuous occupation of the surrounding Rio favelas, Tati and Jaca must navigate the clashing forces threatening to derail their hope for the future.
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65
20
8.2
/95/
10
/1/
88
/4/
4.1
/1623/

Compasso de Espera (1969)
Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black family and friends, Jorge's situation serves as a springboard to a discussion about racial issues in Brazil.
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Netflix
62
18
4.8
/227/
58
/28/
66
/27/
3.2
/765/
75
/2/

A Cut Above (2022)
With his mom's salon on the brink of bankruptcy, a dedicated son rolls up his sleeves to help and discovers himself as the coolest barber on the block.
poster
77
16
7.9
/543/
85
/13/
62
/16/
3.6
/698/
88
/2/

Vinicius de Moraes (2005)
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.
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78
14
7.6
/102/
79
/10/
82
/6/
3.8
/794/

Denying Brazil (2000)
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
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66
11
6.6
/234/
65
/15/
67
/13/
3.4
/244/

Trinta (2013)
Biopic about the late Joãozinho Trinta, a self-taught classical dancer who turned Rio's Carnival into an international phenomenon in the 1970s and '80s by directing parades for samba schools and putting focus on costumes and decor.
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68
10
6.8
/73/
60
/2/
78
/4/
3.4
/711/

A Day with Jerusa (2020)
"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-year-old lady, eyewitness to the daily life on Bixiga, a neighborhood filled with ancestral memories. On Jerusa's birthday, while she waits for her family's arrival, the encounter between her deepest memories and Silvia's mediumship allows them to travel through time and realities common to their ancestry.
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37
8
3.6
/353/
36
/15/
36
/17/
2.7
/480/
25
/3/

Billi Pig (2012)
The aspiring actress Marivalda, her husband Wanderley, a bankrupt insurance broker and a false priest do their best to get along in life. But they end up in the hands of a drug boss, whose daughter they promised to save the life of, hit in a shooting at a party in São Cristóvão. A huge cash reward is at stake and now all three have to chase the promised miracle.
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60
/2/

Acúmulo (2018)
For Lete, only excess can bring back the memories she does not want to forget. But if you take away the illusion of a person, only emptiness remains.
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?
10
/1/

Colagem (1967)
The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
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?
80
/1/

Bela LX-404 (2024)
Mr. William, a grumpy and lonely old man, buys a wife robot online, expecting to get a young and sexy looking one. Instead, he gets an 80-year-old robot, called Bela LX-404. While he is trying to return her, astonishing events occur.
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5.2
/9/
40
/2/
45
/1/

Neighbors (2019)
The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who come from different parts of the world, interrupt her grief. In Russia, an employee tries so hard to please his boss that he becomes inconvenient. An Indian woman, with the help of her male friend, decides to learn how to drive, an uncommon practice for women in the country. In China, an elderly, owner of an old and decadent barbershop, argues with his son, who wants to change the business. In South Africa, a group of homeless fights for the right to housing.
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?
7.5
/21/
80
/1/

Acalanto (2013)
An illiterate lady seeks to soothe the missing of her son asking for a friend to read several times the same unique and old letter sent by her son ten years ago. Through these readings , a great friendship and complicity were born between them.
poster
?
7.7
/9/
10
/1/

O Santo Módico (1964)
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100
/1/

Tributo: Léa Garcia (2023)
N/A
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70
/1/

Bitter Days (2009)
Three lives linked by a tragic fate try to find a way out of despair.
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?
6.2
/8/

Memórias da Chibata (2006)
Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that he is the great-grandson of João Cândido, the leader of the sailors rebellion against the chibata hits adopted by Brazilian Navy till 1910, he takes an extreme attitude towards changing the course of his life.
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?
6.7
/68/
70
/1/
40
/1/

Mulheres do Brasil (2006)
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77
/4/
72
/2/

Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento (2017)
The African deity that brought in Brazil Together with the blacks, Exu is known as the orixá of communication, the guard of the streets and the human behavior. The short film of black culture and its assimilation by Brazilian art. In its subtext, the film honors one of the greatest activists of the black cause - the actor, the poet, the playwright and the politician - Abdias do Nascimento. The positioning of the documentary seeks to incorporate the fighting spirit, expressive and restless of Abdias: present link between characters, images and children of the film.
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?
20
/1/

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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?
5.7
/33/
35
/8/
61
/6/

O Pai da Rita (2022)
Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the past: what happened to dancer Rita, their passion. The emergence of Ritinha, the dancer's daughter, threatens to collapse this great friendship.
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54
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4.7
/124/
70
/2/
47
/5/

Viva Sapato! (2003)
A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from Brazil. When her aunt sends her a pair of shoes instead of the money to start up the restaurant, she angrily sells the useless gift for spare change. Her dream fades away - until she discovers that the money was hidden in the heel. The zany search for the shoes begins, as she follows the footsteps through the lively streets of Havana, running into the quirky, colorful characters that bring Viva Zapato and Dolores' dream.
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?
5.4
/14/
80
/1/

Feminino Plural (1976)
"Seven women on motorcycles, through Via Dutra, go to the Baixada Fluminense, a microcosm of Brazil. Diving into the memory and questioning the behavior imposed on women, they seek to rescue the strength of the feminine. The new woman, born in the Brazilian land, incorporates the Amazons and Santa Guerreira. At his side, the new man, more loose and creative. Closing the cycle, the initial road is resumed. " (HBH / QC)
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?
10
/1/

As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro (1989)
Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the Brazilian artistic world. Starring actresses Zezé Motta, Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia, Zenaide Zen and Adele Fátima, as well as activist Lélia Gonzáles.
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60
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6.6
/301/
58
/5/
57
/8/
61
/5/

The Greatest Love of All (2006)
Antônio is an astrophysicist who has just found out he has an inoperable brain tumor. After decades living in the United States, he returns to Brazil and tries to learn more about his biological mother. His quest sends him off into the slums of Rio de Janeiro.
poster
?
6.5
/35/

Black Goddess (1978)
A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine warfare fanned by overseas slave traders. He is sold into slavery in Brazil. In present day Nigeria, at his father's deathbed, the young Babatunde promises to go to Brazil and search for traces of their once-enslaved ancestors. Beginning with a Candomblé ritual, his journey takes him ever deeper into this culture and, in a dream-like sequence, affords him a deeper understanding of his ancestors' suffering and powers of resistance. Balogun effortlessly links present with past, real with magical worlds and discourse with trance. The hypnotic atmosphere is also heightened by the music of the Nigerian drummer Remi Kabaka, which plays with repetitive patterns and distortions.
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74
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6.9
/107/
95
/4/
56
/5/
3.6
/330/

Pitanga (2016)
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
poster
75
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6.9
/11/
81
/5/
3.8
/296/

Pressed, Ripped Apart (2019)
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history.
poster
?
6.8
/43/

A Noiva da Cidade (1978)
When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.
poster
?
6.0
/49/
45
/2/

Cruz e Sousa - The Banished Poet (1999)
Poet Cruz e Souza was a black man, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where the majority of the population are blonde. He was also poor and fell a prey to the racism of his time. Died young, at 37, and dragged the great love of his life, Gavíria, into a path of great suffering.
poster
67
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6.2
/135/
80
/3/
60
/5/
3.4
/240/

Daughters of the Wind (2005)
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.
poster
78
?
8.9
/20/
80
/1/
72
/1/
3.6
/388/

O Dia de Jerusa (2014)
Bixiga, heart of São Paulo. Jerusa, a resident of a house aged by time, on a special day, receives Silvia, an opinion pollster who circulates the neighborhood convincing people to answer questionnaires for a washing powder survey. The moment she meets Silvia, Jerusa provides her with an unusual afternoon full of memories, inviting her to share moments of happiness with an "unknown person".
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68
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6.5
/126/
80
/5/
62
/7/
3.2
/390/

Golden Mouth (2019)
After his death, infamous Rio de Janeiro mob boss Golden Mouth (named after his all-golden teeth) gets multiple accounts of his life told to the press by his former lover.
poster
?
6.4
/24/
50
/1/

O Forte (1977)
N/A
poster
?
6.5
/25/

Atabaque Nzinga (2007)
N/A
poster
77
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7.5
/65/
90
/2/
70
/5/
3.7
/472/

Sweet Thieves (1977)
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.
poster
66
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6.6
/161/
58
/6/
62
/8/
3.4
/432/
80

Ganga Zumba (1963)
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.
poster
66
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7.3
/333/
63
/8/
60
/8/
3.5
/339/

Southwest (2011)
In a Brazilian coastal village where everything seems motionless, Clarice grasps her life in a single day, unlike those she meets and who are living this day like any other. She tries to understand her obscure reality and the destiny of the people around her in a circular time that haunts and disorients.
poster
?
6.9
/53/
10
/1/

The Pioneers (1960)
In Brazil, a diamond prospector sets out in pursuit of a thief who has robbed him and left him for dead. Along the way, he meets one of his adversary's former mistresses and tries to extract some information from her.
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Remissão (2005)
N/A
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Em busca de Judith
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Haroldo Costa - O Nosso Orfeu (2015)
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Kanopy
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Abdias Nascimento (2011)
N/A
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Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra (2008)
The life of Abdias Nascimento, a prominent black activist born in 1914, whose contribution and political engagement throughout the 20th century are fundamental to understanding the role of black people in Brazilian society.


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