José A. Mauro

Welles' Language (1990)

Orson Welles acted in Brazilian culture and music by deeply researching Brazil's historical geology, consciously completing a legendary cultural mission. Although being turned down by Hollywood producers, he developed a triumphantly accomplished mission in ...

Memórias da Vida e do Trabalho (1984)

Perto de Clarice (1982)

Aspects of writer Clarice Lispector's personality and soul remembered on the occasion of her death in the testimony of friends. The testimonies are interspersed with excerpts from an interview that Clarice gave in life to a television station. ...

A, B, C, Brasil (1980)

Documentary about the resumption of the workers 'movement during and after 17 years of dictatorship, led by the metallurgists of ABC Paulista (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) that culminated in the creation of the Workers' Party - PT ...

Taim (1979)

Ecology - the eco system, a nature reserve in the south of the country - RS (between the Mirim lagoons) shows the harmony between nature and animals. ...

O Cinegrafista de Rondon (1979)

Record of the life and work of Luiz Thomaz Reis, a cameraman who accompanied Rondon's expeditions through the interior of Brazil since 1915. He documented, in photographs, the revolutionary movements of the 1920s, especially that of Catanduva. In the monta ...

Conversa com Cascudo (1977)

Academia Brasileira de Letras (1977)

The origins and activities of the Academy, culminating in the election of the first female academic: Rachel de Queiroz. ...

Canção de Amor (1977)

Portrays the life of Vicente Celestino, a singer and composer of Brazilian popular music, who died in 1968. It shows his childhood in Rio de Janeiro, his professional debut at the Teatro São José, his first record, Flor do Mal, his participation as an ac ...

Laço de Fita (1976)

A folk festival in the city of Teresina in Piauí, is portrayed with all the elegance in the lens of photographer Pedrinho de Moraes and filmmaker Paulo Cezar Saraceni. A dance of colors, folklore and the beautiful nature of the region. ...

O Homem e o Limite (1975)

Festa do Divino Espírito Santo (1975)

Oswaldo Cruz (1973)

The film documents the old Rio de Janeiro and its great focus of diseases. Stresses the decisive importance of Oswaldo Cruz who creates Experimental Medicine in Brazil, believing that without sanitation, no undertaking could succeed. Rodrigues Alves then s ...

Os Brasileiros e a Conquista do Ar (1973)

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 indust ...

Rio, Uma Visão do Futuro (1966)

The architect Sérgio Bernardes' vision of the future for Rio de Janeiro. ...

A Velha a Fiar (1964)

A Velha a Fiar illustrates a Brazilian folk song in which a being or entity is always predating another being, but is in its turn predated by some other animal, until the circle closes. It begins like this: an old woman is quietly weaving and a fly disturb ...

O Papel (1962)

A brief history of paper and the stages of its production. An animation about the history of writing, the emergence of paper in ancient civilizations and the invention of printing, taking paper manufacturing to an industrial scale. Paper production in Braz ...

Museu Nacional (1960)

Endemias Rurais (1960)

A Medida do Tempo (1958)

Animations (only parts in nuclei in the film) and images, many of them archival and foreign, illustrate that the notion of time is associated with movement and its measurement is performed by the rotation of the Earth around its axis and the Sun. The angle ...

Congonhas do Campo (1957)

Aspects of the city of Congonhas do Campo. The preponderance of baroque architecture, the Basilica of Senhor Bom Jesus de Matozinho, the six chapels on the terrace leading to Morro do Maranhão. Each chapel contains statues representing moments of the Pass ...

Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois (1956)

A morning in the farm shown with a beautiful musical background. ...

Rural Constructions (1956)

Cantos de Trabalho (1955)

Musical rhythms inspired by work activities. Between 1974 and 1976, Leon Hirszman held three documentaries produced by the MEC about the songs of the rural workers in northeastern Brazil. In the trilogy, there is the documentation of the work songs of suga ...

Higiene Rural (1954)

O Canto da Saudade (1952)

Coronel Januário's goddaughter, Maria Fausta, is having a secret affair with João do Carmo. While her godfather is engaged in his political campaign for mayor of the city, the couple disappears. Galdino, an accordionist who is secretly in love with her, ...

Alberto Nepomuceno (1950)

Aspects of the Brazilian composer's life, highlighting musical excerpts from the "Série Brasileira". ...

Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (1949)

Cidade do Salvador (1949)

The historical places and geography of the city of Salvador. ...

Castro Alves (1948)

Biographical data about Castro Alves: the different cities where he lived, the love misadventures, the school institutions where he studied and his poetry. Countryside landscapes illustrate the narrated trajectory. Negra caresses a child in a performance b ...

O Cristal Oscilador: Industrialização do Quartzo no Brasil (1947)

O Ensino Industrial no Brasil (1945)

Febre Amarela I (1938)

The film demonstrates all stages of production of the yellow fever vaccine that took place in the Yellow Fever Service laboratory of the Rockefeller Foundation, located in Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, next to the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. ...

Febre Amarela II (1938)

At the Rockefeller Foundation, the rat colony for experiments with viruses and antibodies in humans. In Ilha dos Macacos, next to the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, in Rio de Janeiro, the creation of Rhesus monkey by the Rockefeller Foundation - a primate species ...

Humberto Mauro (2018)

A documentary-tribute to the filmmaker Humberto Mauro considered the pioneer of Brazilian and Latin American cinema, directed by his grandnephew, André Di Mauro. ...