Ruth de Souza Movies

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers...

The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically...

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational...

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...

Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.

A writer who specializes in exposing fake witchcraft journeys to Brazil to investigate a voodoo cult.

Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for...

In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this...

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...