Rachel de Queiroz

1964: Brazil between weapons and books (2019)

We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investigation with part of secret attempts, discovery of Soviet documents and a lot of investigation by the Brazilian media. It was all under our eyes. ...

O Sertãomundo de Suassuna (2003)

Rachel de Queiroz: Um alpendre, uma rede, um açude (1995)

Josué de Castro, Cidadão do Mundo (1994)

Pedro Nava: 100, 200, 300 Anos (1994)

Lúcio Cardoso (1993)

Academia Brasileira de Letras (1977)

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

O Quinze (2004)

Dôra Doralina (1982)

The Bandit (1953)

In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher Olívia, expecting to receive a ransom for her. However, one of his men, Teodoro, falls in love and flees ...

Jangada (1947)

Freely inspired by the story of the Ceará native, jangada (traditional fishing boat) leader and abolitionist Francisco José do Nascimento, known as "Dragon of The Sea," who instigated strikes against slavery in the early 1880s. The film is set among the ...