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  1. Romeu and Romeu (2016 Television)

    Director
    Jonathan Mendonça
    Producer
    Julia Conatti; Barbara Cury
    Subject
    Shakespeare

    A past crime has made the Monteiro and Campelo families sworn enemies. It continues to fuel a violent feud between them that plagues the city of South Verona. The enmity between the two families is set to...

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  2. Salt of the Earth, The (2015)

    Director
    Wim Wenders; Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
    Producer
    David Rosier
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £9.99

    A biographical documentary film portraying the works of the Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado.

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  3. Tropicalia (2013)

    Director
    Marcel Machado
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £12.99

    Marcel Machado’s documentary charts the history of the 1960s Brazilian counter-cultural movement known as Tropicália, which expressed itself in theatre, film, art and poetry, but is perhaps best known...

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  4. Race and History in Brazil: Denying Brazil and Aleijadinho - Passion, Glory and Torment (2011)

    aka: A Negacao Do Brasil

    Director
    Joel, Zito Araujo; Pereuram Geraldo Santos
    Subject
    Art; Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92, 100 minutes), $29.95

    Race and its impact on the art and history of Brazil are highlighted in this two-DVD set. The documentary DENYING BRAZIL analyses the issue of race in contemporary Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to...

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  5. Birdwatchers (2010)

    aka: (Terra Degli Uomini Rossi, La

    Director
    Marco Bechis
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £15.99

    A drama in which a group of indigenous people face off against the modern day owners of their ancestral homeland.In Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the farming classes lead a wealthy and leisurely existence....

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  6. Casamento de Romeu e Julieta, O (2005 Film)

    aka: Romeo and Juliet Get Married

    Director
    Bruno Barreto
    Producer
    Paula Barretto

    Feature film romantic comedy based on Romeo and Juliet where the star-crossed lovers’ barrier to love is their allegiance to competing soccer teams. Successful lawyer and sports fanatic Alfredo (Gustavo),...

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  7. Bus 174 (2004)

    aka: Ônibus 174

    Subject
    Psychology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 140 minutes), £19.99

    A documentary recounting the events of 12 June 2002 in Rio De Janeiro when several people fell victim to the hijacking of a bus. Unable to determine the motives of the young hijhacker, the authorities stood...

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  8. Alegres Comadres, As (2003 Film)

    aka: Merry Wives, The

    Director
    Leila Hipólito
    Producer
    Roberto Bakker; Leila Hipólito; Isabelle Tanugi
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    No distributor found (10/2009)

    Feature film based on The Merry Wives of Windsor. A pair of respectable housewives look for revenge when they are seduced and robbed by an ex-soldier and his two friends.

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  9. Sete Minutos (2003 Film)

    Director
    Bibi Ferreira
    Distribution
    No distributor or archive copy found (4/2013)

    Comedy. The story of a theatrical company and what happens in a staging of Macbeth. One night the actor playing Macbeth, interrupts the performance after he hears a cell phone ringing in the audience. From...

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  10. Ventre Libre (1995 Video)

    aka: Liberation 2

    Director
    Ana Luiza Azevedo
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Looks at women’s human rights in Brazil by mixing interviews with women with statistics on Brazilian health care. Focuses on sterilisation, abortion, and teenage pregnancy in terms of the injustices...

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