BRAZIL
X O Descobrimento do Brasil (1937) -- old film about the armada of Pedro Álvares Cabral discovering Brazil
The Mission (1986) -- Jesuits in Brazil try to protect natives
X Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) -- a lost 1540s expedition from Peru to the Amazon
X O Quinto Império - Ontem Como Hoje (The Fifth Empire) (2004) – King Sebastian of Portugal, reigned 1554-1578 (currently unavailable)
X El Dorado (1988) -- 1560 expedition down Amazon River by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado
X Xica (1978) -- slavery in Brazil
Cafundó (2005) – life of black slave in Brazil Joo de Camargo (1858-1942) who led an exemplary life to attain his freedom
Quilombo (1984) -- illegal towns composed of renegade slaves and others at the bottom that whites just had to destroy
X Vendaval Maravilhoso (1949) – Castro Alves, poet of slave liberation in 19th century Brazil
X Desmundo (2002) -- set in 1570 Brazil a young and religious Portuguese woman travels from Portugal to marry a sugar-cane plantation owner
X Ganga Zumba (1963) -- a runaway slave founds a Quilombo, Palmares, an escaped slave community
X Carlota Joaquina - Princesa do Brazil (Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil) (1995) – Carlotta (1775-1830) was in 1785 officially married to the future John VI, King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (reign 1816-1826) (currently unavailable)
X Guerra de Canudos (The Battle of Canudos) (1997) – war of Canudos in the late 1890's that was Brazil’s bloodiest war (currently unavailable)
X Memorias do carcere (Memories of Prison) (1984) – during the 1930's Getúlio Vargas dictatorship (1930-1945) in Brazil, a left-wing writer finds himself in prison
Olga (2004) – German-born Jewish communist female pretends to be wife of Brazilian communist leader; both arrested during Vargas dictatorship and she is sent to Nazi Germany
X Olga Benario: A Life for the Revolution -- the story of Olga Benario
Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) (1958) -- life amidst the minorities in Brazil and their deep involvement in Carnival
Pixote (1981) -- the life of a poor boy in Brazil
City of God -- modern day consequences of slavery and racism in Brazil
Cobra Verde (1987) -- young Brazilian goes to West Africa to round up slaves, starring Klaus Kinski (English subtitles)
The Burning Season (1994) -- Chico Mendez attempts to protect the Brazilian forests and the rubber workers
O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (Four Days in September) (1997) -- to oppose the military dictatorship in 1969 young Brazilian leftists kidnap the American ambassador to Brazil
O Ano em Que Meus Pais Sairam de Férias (The Year my Parents went on Vacation) (2006) -- set against the military dictatorship in Brazil, 1964-1985
Macunaima (Jungle Freaks) (1969) -- a comedy set against the turmoil of the Brazilian military coup
X Lamarca (1994) -- during the military dictatorship in Brazil, a captain deserts the Brazilian Army and becomes one of the most prominent leaders of left-wing guerilla groups
X Tenda do Milagres (Tent of Miracles) (1977) -- racism in Brazil
X Os fuzis (The Guns) (1964)-- hunger in the sertâo (backcountry) accompanied by violence between soldiers and peasants
La terra degli uomini rossi (Birdwatchers) (2008) -- set in Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil, the destitute local Indians stage an uprising against the wealthy fazenderos (owners of farming plantations)
Bye, Bye Brasil (Bye, Bye Brazil) (1980) -- a caravan act starts to go down hill as the old Brazil starts vanishing and the caravan comes to be replaced with movie theaters and television
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