Ruth de Souza Movies

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

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...

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...

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break...

The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having...

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