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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Apr 16, 1967 · 33m
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Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

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Glauber Rocha
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Arnaldo Jabor
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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Hugo Carvana
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Anecy Rocha
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Zózimo Bulbul
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Arduíno Colassanti
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Carlos Diegues
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Directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

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