João Carlos Horta Movies

Short film about the life and work of the poet Murilo Mendes.

A documentary on the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé and its rites.

The tensions experienced by three different people during the military dictatorship in Brazil: a politician, a revolutionary and a common citizen.

Through performatic acts and some exposition, a group of poets of that 1980's generation make great use of words, poems and rebellious acts...

In 1970, the Esquadrão da Morte (Death Squad)' crimes for the refinement of violence provoked a wave of reactions throughout the country. The...

Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military...

The world of Alagoas poet Jorge de Lima, author of unforgettable verses, is in O Grande Circo Místico, from 1977, directed by João...

A mad scientist attempts to bring an ancient Egyptian mummy back to life.

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília....

The origins and activities of the Academy, culminating in the election of the first female academic: Rachel de Queiroz.

The importance of the Cannes Film Festival in world terms and what it represented for Brazil in 1971. For Brazilian cinema, Cannes 71 represented the...

The expression of the idea through image, listening by way of seing.

Experimental film by Haroldo Marinho Barbosa.

Short documentary film about the afrobrazilian religion Candomblé.

A collage of newsreels, trailers, clips and other visionary and unseen fragments of sight and sound regarding the late plastic artist Helio Oititica.