Movies: Ruth de Souza

Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda....

Moments before a father's death, all of his family memories are transferred to his son through a dream, from the first ancestor, an Englishman living at the end of the 18th century, to his Brazilian heirs, the protagonists of this story....

A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor....

A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her....

A drama about double personality...

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Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their ancestors. Their memories, joys and sorrows become present as a possibility for a new fate, transforming the...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema....

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil....

Prepared by the team of the Program for Training Black Researchers, The video brings together images and voices that talk about the reproductive health of black women, diseases taking into account the racial/ethnic background, habits, customs, the ph...

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The documentary tells the story of writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, who became a success in the 60s and, since then, has inspired writers and artists such as Ruth de Souza, Zezé Motta and Conceição Evaristo....

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