Antônio Pitanga Movies

An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little...

José lives his last day of conformity.

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

Two friends get rich running an illegal gambling business. But soon they start to compete, and become rivals.

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.

Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the...

Paulo Ventania is a black Brazilian man, always doing his best to bring some happiness in his life, and by happiness he means money. When he's at a...

The film follows two men living in a Rio de Janeiro slum: a black shoe-shiner and a white mill worker.

An excerpt from Neville D'Almeida's debut feature "Jardim de Guerra" (1968), focusing on the Black Power speech made by a character played by Antonio...

The owner of a record store, amid a purchase of second-hand LPs, is faced with something that goes far beyond a trivial acquisition.

The film shows the resistance movement of the residents of Favela do Vidigal against the removal order, an important chapter in the history of Rio de...

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his...

Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV...

In search of a better life, Luzia leaves the Northeast of Brazil and goes to Rio de Janeiro, looking for her fiance who went first to pave their way....

During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo...

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé...

Mário returned to the world of the dead. He dug his escape into the earth, with no intention of taking revenge on the powerful men who pursued...