Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

Documentary

Glauber Rocha

(Self)

Arnaldo Jabor

(Self)

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

(Self)

Hugo Carvana

(Self)

Anecy Rocha

(Self)

Zózimo Bulbul

(Self)

Arduíno Colassanti

(Self)

Carlos Diegues

(Self)

Vinicius de Moraes

(Self)

Danuza Leão

(Self)

Domingos de Oliveira

(Self)

Emmanuel Cavalcanti

(Self)

Francisco Milani

(Self)

Gustavo Dahl

(Self)

Irma Álvarez

(Self)

Jardel Filho

(Self)

Joana Fomm

(Self)

Joel Barcellos

(Self (archive footage))

Jofre Soares

(Self)

José Lewgoy

(Self)

Leila Diniz

(Self (archive footage))

Luiza Maranhão

(Self)

Leon Hirszman

(Self)

Leonardo Villar

(Self (archive footage)

Paulo José

(Self / narrator)

Paulo Autran

(Self)

Paulo César Saraceni

(Self)

Paulo Gracindo

(Self)

Walter Lima Jr.

(Self)

Zelito Viana

(Self)

Thelma Reston

(Self)

Luiz Carlos Barreto

(Self)

Modesto de Souza

(Self)

Maria Bethânia

(Self)