Movies: Joel Zito Araújo

  • 2019
    Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis

    Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis (2019)

    Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis

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    The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television....

    Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
  • 2000
    Denying Brazil

    Denying Brazil (2000)

    Denying Brazil

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    A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calli...

    Denying Brazil
  • 2008
    Vista Minha Pele

    Vista Minha Pele (2008)

    Vista Minha Pele

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    "Vista Minha Pele" is an amusing parody of Brazilian reality. It serves as basic material for discussing racism and prejudice in the classroom. In this inverted story, blacks are the ruling class and whites were enslaved. Poor countries are Germany a...

    Vista Minha Pele
  • 2022
    O Pai da Rita

    O Pai da Rita (2022)

    O Pai da Rita

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    Roque and Pudim, composers from the old school of Vai-Vai, share a kitchnete, decades of friendship, love for their samba school and a doubt about the past: what happened to dancer Rita, their passion. The emergence of Ritinha, the dancer's daughter...

    O Pai da Rita
  • 2016
    Pitanga

    Pitanga (2016)

    Pitanga

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    This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues ...

    Pitanga
  • 2005
    Daughters of the Wind

    Daughters of the Wind (2005)

    Daughters of the Wind

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

    Daughters of the Wind
  • 2009
    Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas

    Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas (2009)

    Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas

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

    Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
  • 1992
    Retrato em Preto e Branco

    Retrato em Preto e Branco (1992)

    Retrato em Preto e Branco

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    The documentary is structured as a video letter from a black man denouncing the persistence of racism in Brazilian society and media, a century after the official end of slavery. Thus, it presents the contradictions between two images of racial relat...

    Retrato em Preto e Branco
  • 2013
    Raça

    Raça (2013)

    Raça

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    Documentary on ethnic relations in Brazil....

    Raça
  • 2024
    Brasiliana: O Musical Negro que Apresentou o Brasil ao Mundo

    Brasiliana: O Musical Negro que Apresentou o Brasil ao Mundo (2024)

    Brasiliana: O Musical Negro que Apresentou o Brasil ao Mundo

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    Brasiliana: O Musical Negro que Apresentou o Brasil ao Mundo
  • 2019
    My Friend Fela

    My Friend Fela (2019)

    My Friend Fela

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    Most often portrayed as an eccentric African pop idol of the ghetto, Fela is rarely presented as the strong political leader he was. Through the eyes his close friend and official biographer, the African-Cuban intellectual Carlos Moore, this document...

    My Friend Fela
  • 2006
    Referências

    Referências (2006)

    Referências

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    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 Bulbul gathered some of the most notorious Brazilian black directors to talk about their works, their lives...

    Referências
  • 1991
    Almerinda, Uma Mulher de Trinta

    Almerinda, Uma Mulher de Trinta (1991)

    Almerinda, Uma Mulher de Trinta

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    Rescue of the life story of feminist activist from the 1930s, Almerinda Farias Gama, participant in the struggle for the right to vote for women in the 1934 Constitution, and activist of the Brazilian Federation for Female Progress, together with Ber...

    Almerinda, Uma Mulher de Trinta
  • 1999
    O Efêmero Estado União de Jeová

    O Efêmero Estado União de Jeová (1999)

    O Efêmero Estado União de Jeová

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    O Efêmero Estado União de Jeová
  • 2009
    Cinderellas, Wolves and a Prince Charming

    Cinderellas, Wolves and a Prince Charming (2009)

    Cinderellas, Wolves and a Prince Charming

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    Around 900 thousand people are trafficked a year for international borders only for sexual exploitation. However, despite all the dangers, young Brazilian women to enter the world of sex tourism, believe that they will change their lives and their dr...

    Cinderellas, Wolves and a Prince Charming
  • 2020
    The Beginning of the End

    The Beginning of the End (2020)

    The Beginning of the End

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    Short film by Joel Zito Araújo, for the "Programa Convida", from IMS, dedicated to creation during quarantine....

    The Beginning of the End
  • 1994
    Eu, Mulher Negra

    Eu, Mulher Negra (1994)

    Eu, Mulher Negra

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    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...

    Eu, Mulher Negra
  • 1989
    Memórias de Classe

    Memórias de Classe (1989)

    Memórias de Classe

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    Documentary about the daily life and struggle of workers from the 1930s generation in Brazil. Told through the memories of a feminist and four union members, the film shows the different faces of the workers' organization experience at that time, fro...

    Memórias de Classe
  • 1987
    Nossos Bravos

    Nossos Bravos (1987)

    Nossos Bravos

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    Docudrama on labor mobilizations in the beginning of the 20th century in Brazil, led by union organizations with anarcho-socialist influence. Using fictional resources and historical archives, the film reconstructs an important part of the memory of ...

    Nossos Bravos
  • 1997
    A Exceção e a Regra

    A Exceção e a Regra (1997)

    A Exceção e a Regra

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    The film investigates how allegations of racism are handled by the Brazilian justice, reporting the unprecedented story of persistence and dignity of a black man: Vicente do Espírito Santo became an exceptional case for being the first victim of raci...

    A Exceção e a Regra