Leon Hirszman Movies

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

A gang of bandits led by Faustão intervene in a fight between two members of rival families, the Pereiras and the Araújos. Henrique...

Didactic documentary on the History of Brazil

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose...

Film in four segments: "Colagem", "Balanço", "Bandeira Zero" and "Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia", having in common a...

Part 1 of the "Images of the Unconscious" documental series.

Statistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land distribution in Brazil's countryside.

This film denounces the exploitation of natural resources by certain industries of extraction and transformation. This documentary is considered as...

Adelina Gomes, a poor girl, daughter of peasants, with a primary education and some manual training, shy and submissive to her mother, had never had...

The history of Partido-Alto, a musical subgenre derived from Samba, with roots in the batucada of Bahia.

A documentary short on the 1978 Carnaval celebration in Rio de Janeiro, covering many aspects of the celebration's popular culture.