Paulo Pontes

Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous ...

O Espírito Criador do Povo Brasileiro (1973)

Cachoeira, Documento da História (1972)

The Land of São Saruê (1971)

Documentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities. ...

O Engenho (1970)

The process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará. ...

Poética popular (1970)

The phenomenon of Brazilian oral literature with a study on cordel literature and popular singing. ...

Viva Cariri (1970)

The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region. ...

Os Homens do Caranguejo (1969)

A Bolandeira (1968)

In the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called "bolandeiras", are doomed to disappear. ...

Um Edifício Chamado 200 (1974)