Affonso Beato Movies

A film regarding the works, the studios and the performances of Abrahan Palatnik, Antonio Dias, Carlos Vergara, Glauco Rodrigues, Helio Oiticica,...

As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto...

The documentary follows a caravan of acrobats through the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, presenting the situation of circuses in Brazil through...

Pilgrims from the Northeast have the habit of buying images of characters in whom they identify exemplary behavior. By carving wood to shape these...

In May 1969 at Tres Irmãos Farm, Caruaru, PE: Lourival Batista and Severino Pinto, two singers by profession, meet for a challenge. This film...

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília....

Directed by Helena Solberg, this documentary centers on three teenage girls living in a Bolivian reformatory after experiences of sexual violence and...

Unfinished documentary about the "March of the 100,000", driven by the student movement against brazilian dictatorship in 1968. Glauber directed with...

A short documentary that presents the legacy of Padre Cícero, an important priest for the Juazeiro do Norte community, who managed to bring...

This Brazilian film is set during the period of its initial colonial discovery and settlement. The title refers to a word the native peoples used for...

A profile of composer, performer, and author Elizabeth Swados, inter-cutting scenes of the artist at work and in travel with personal reflections and...

Based on the events leading to the Spanish-America War of 1898. It reflects on the expansionist policies of the United States since its inception. A...

Beginning with a history of two thousand years of Jewish life in Morocco, the movie incorporates extensive archival footage, as well as interviews...