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History of Brazil

Jan 1, 1974 · 2h 46m
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The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."

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Jésus Histon
Self - Narrator
Emilio Garrastazu Médici
Self (archive)
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Self (archive)
João Goulart
Self (archive)
Jânio Quadros
Self (archive)
Juscelino Kubitschek
Self (archive)
Getúlio Vargas
Self (archive)
Fidel Castro
Self (archive)
Directed by Glauber Rocha

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