Ferreira Gullar
Birthday: 1930-09-10
Place of Birth: São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Biography: Ferreira Gullar, pseudonym of José Ribamar Ferreira (São Luís, September 10, 1930 – Rio de Janeiro, December 4, 2016), was a Brazilian writer, poet, art critic, biographer, translator, memoirist and essayist and one of the founders of neoconcretism. He was the candidate for chair 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in the vacancy left by Ivan Junqueira, of which he took office on December 5, 2014.
Movies
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema N...
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Vinicius de Moraes
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most...
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Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
The episode dives into the mystical universe of Carlos Pertius, the son of a family of French immigr...
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Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air
A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks about hi...
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The Language of Persuasion
Short documentary about the ideology of publicity and mass medias....
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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro
Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship....
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Twenty Years Later
Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when th...
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Utopia and Barbarism
The world post-World War II and its transformations; the utopias that were created and the barbarity...
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Lima Barreto: Trajetória
Short film about the life and career of the notorious Brazilian writer Lima Barreto....
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Absolute Majority
The documentary depicts the everyday of illiterate rural workers in Northeast Brazil, living under e...
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ABC of a Strike
ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouc...
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HO
An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, especially the Pa...
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Câncer
This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among outlaws,...
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Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new ...
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1964: 40 Years After
Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart, on Ma...
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Poeta de Sete Faces
Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work....
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Dossiê Jango
João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled ...
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O Aleijadinho
O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de And...
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Images of the Unconscious
In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil c...
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Desesperato
Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who leav...
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João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece
Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, famil...
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Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Documentary by Leon Hirszman about the economic conditions of film production in Brazil, produced in...
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Gabeira
Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira...
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On Borrowed Time
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia...
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The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz C...
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O Guesa
"Life and work of the Maranhense poet Sousândrade (1833-1902), illustrated with engravings on Brazil...
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The Heirs
An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the ad...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi...
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Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months b...
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Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three docum...
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Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar
Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three docum...
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Formas do Afeto
An affective approach to the relationship between Mário Pedrosa, one of the greatest art critics of ...
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Darcy, um Brasileiro
Darcy Ribeiro was a renowned anthropologist, politician and writer. In this documentary, Maria Maia ...
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Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited by hi...
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The Inventor of Dreams
Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice ...
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The Memory Thread
A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popula...
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A Paixão Segundo Callado
Callado said he had to leave Brazil to get to know Brazil. His six-year trip to England and France d...
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They Shot the Piano Player
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenór...
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Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed
The movie "Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed" shows the path of the dramaturgo Augusto B...
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Armando Costa: “Televisão pra Mim Não é Bico”
Armando Costa was one of Brazil's most successful authors, both in terms of audience and critical ac...
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