His daughter picked up the camera. What she captured will wreck you—in the best way.
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 and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
Direction
Camila's gaze transforms biography into love letter.
Editing
Archival footage woven like memory itself—fragmented, aching, alive.
Director
Beto Brant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pitanga's face became synonymous with Cinema Novo, the radical 1960s movement that used film as anti-colonial weaponry.
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