History of Brazil (1974)

The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."

Cast (13)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

J

Jésus Histon

Self - Narrator

E

Emilio Garrastazu Médici

Self (archive)

H

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco

Self (archive)

João Goulart

Self (archive)

J

Jânio Quadros

Self (archive)

Juscelino Kubitschek

Self (archive)

Getúlio Vargas

Self (archive)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive)

Che Guevara

Self (archive)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive)

J

Jirges Ristum

Richard Nixon

Self (archive)

A

Arthur da Costa e Silva

Self (archive)

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