Brazil Cinema Essay

New the paper will examine Brazil, and its importance to Latin Cinema. Cinema Novo, or new cinema, was a very popular time for Brazilian cinema. Brazilian cinema gained worldwide attention since the early 1960’s for creativity and originality. In the 1960’s – 70’s young Brazilian directors produced films noted for their probing look at social issues and cinematic originality. Brazilian directors during this time sought to bring to the public their own national reality to raise the consciousness of the public about Brazilian issues and problems . Films would show what was really going on in Brazil during that time. Films by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos reflect the Cinema Novo’s director’s preoccupation with national and social problems. He directed Vidas Secas (Barren Lives) in

This film portrayed the poverty in the North East. Another film he directed in 1955 was titled Rio 40 Graus (Rio 40 Degrees), which depicted children living in the Urban Slums.
A third film by Dos Santos was called Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, and this film was the biggest box office hit in Brazilian film history. Another director, Anselmo Duarte, directed the film O pagador de promessas (The Given Word) in 1962. It was named best film in the Cannes Film Festival. In 1964-85 the government played a large role in film through censorship. The government created Embrafilme a state company that oversaw the film industry. It was meant to promote and market Brazilian films overseas. In the 1970’s it became a major force in film production. And it was a major source of financing for films. Although it boosted the industry through financing and support many felt that it was too powerful and