Glauber Rocha and the rebels who rewrote cinema in 12 explosive minutes.
The new Brazilian cinematic movement (Cinema Novo) through films starring actors Antonio Pitanga and Luiza Maranhão.
Direction
David Neves packs a movement's manifesto into twelve breathless minutes.
Editing
Aggressive collage cutting that mirrors Cinema Novo's radical politics.
Director
David Neves
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Neves made this at 22 while assisting Rocha on 'Terra em Transe' — it's essentially his film school thesis with his boss as subject.
Cinema Novo coined 'an aesthetic of hunger' — this short is that theory distilled to its starving, furious essence.
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