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<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nArtists’ Television Access \u2022 992 Valencia Street (@ 21st St.) \u2022 San Francisco \u2022 $6 donation<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>Brazil helped pioneer filmmaking in the Americas, screening its first film in Rio de Janeiro all the way back in 1897, and its first documentary in 1903.<\/p>\n The approach for this series was to strike a balance between art house and commercial film and, by covering different eras, genres and styles, touch upon various cornerstones of Brazilian cinema.<\/p>\n Silent film began in Brazil with Ant\u00f4nio Leal\u2019s thriller \u201cOs Estranguladores\u201d (1906); followed by Humberto Mauro\u2019s \u201cBrasa Dormida\u201d (1928) and \u201cGanga Bruta\u201d (1933); Adalbert Kememy\u2019s avant-garde \u201cSao Paulo: Sinfonia de una Metropoli\u201d (1929); and Mario Peixoto\u2019s avant-garde \u201cLimite\u201d (1930).<\/p>\n In the \u201840s Brazilian cinema became overrun by Hollywood films. Companhia Cinematografica de Veracruz, a replica of the American studio system, produced mostly melodramas \u2013 Lima Barreto\u2019s \u201cO Canga\u00e7eiro\u201d (1953) obtained critical and financial success.<\/p>\n In the \u201860s a movement called Cinema Novo came to dominate for two decades. A move away from the Hollywood production style, it was led by intellectuals like Glauber Rocha \u2014 \u201cAntonio das Mortes\u201d (1969) \u2014 who sought to create a distinctly Brazilian mode of filmmaking.<\/p>\n In 1967, Ozualdo Candeias\u2019 \u201cA Margem\u201d gave birth to Cinema Marginal, that sought to represent the life of society\u2019s forgotten people.<\/p>\n \u201cCinema Novo was a movie a little individualistic,\u201d said Jos\u00e9 Mojica Marins, a marginais on his own whose Z\u00e9 do Caix\u00e3o (Coffin Joe) horror b-movies would become cult classics.<\/p>\n The creation of Embrafilme, a government agency in charge of financing and distribution, allowed Brazilian cinema to flourish during the 1970s and \u201880s. Bruno Barreto\u2019s \u201cDona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos\u201d (1976) and Carlos Diegues\u2019 \u201cBye Bye Brasil\u201d (1980) belong to this period.<\/p>\n Embrafilme\u2019s dissolution in 1990 nearly stopped cinematic output in Brazil altogether. Still, figures like Walter Salles, Fernando Meirelles and Karim Ainouz \u2014 \u201cMadame Sat\u00e3\u201d (2002) \u2014 were able to produce films despite the adversities.<\/p>\n We are accompanying the series with shorts by three emerging local voices: Carolina Moraes-Liu, Rita Piffer and Savana Vagueiro, along with shorts by renowned Brazilian filmmakers Jorge Furtado, Dennison Ramalho and Carlos Vergara.<\/p>\n A lot of voices to choose from that leave the door open for a second installment next year. We hope you enjoy the programs.<\/p>\n \u2014Colectivo Cinema Errante<\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, March 18 \u00b7 8pm<\/strong> Madame Sat\u00e3<\/strong> (Karim A\u00efnouz, 2002, 105 min) * Filmmaker will attend screening<\/p>\n <\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, April 1 \u00b7 8pm<\/strong> Bye Bye Brasil<\/strong> (Carlos Diegues, 1979, 110 min) <\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n O Drag\u00e3o da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro [Antonio das Mortes]<\/strong> * Filmmaker will attend screening<\/p>\n <\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n O Cangaceiro [The Bandit of Brazil]<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday, May 27 \u00b7 8pm<\/strong> \u00c0 Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma [At Midnight I\u2019ll Take Your Soul]<\/strong> (Jos\u00e9 Mojica Marins, 1964, 105 min)<\/p>\n Coffin Joe, an undertaker, believes in the \u201ccontinuity of the blood.\u201d A sadist, he prowls the city in search of a woman to bear him an immortal child, while terrorizing people. A macabre tale of lust, motherly affection and macumba shot with conviction and style. <\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong> Sunday, June 10 \u00b7 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Limite<\/strong> (M\u00e1rio Peixoto, 1931, 114 min) A memory leaps from a cup Clarice is about to buy. * Filmmaker will attend screening<\/p>\n <\/p>\n * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBased in the legendary figure of Jo\u00e3o Francisco dos Santos, the film takes place in the Lapa district of Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s. Hustler, capoeira master and travesty performer, he becomes a popular and feared celebrity of the carioca nightlife.
\nO filme \u00e9 baseado na hist\u00f3ria do legend\u00e1rio Malandro travesti carioca Jo\u00e3o Francisco dos Santos. No mundo s\u00f3rdido e vibrante da Lapa nos anos 30, Jo\u00e3o transforma-se numa das figuras mais populares, alem de temida, das noites cariocas: Madame Sat\u00e3.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Ebony Goddess: Queen of Il\u00ea Aiy\u00ea<\/strong> (Carolina Moraes-Liu, 2009, 20 min) *
\nThree young women search for identity and self-esteem as they compete for the title of Ebony Goddess in Salvador, Bahia.
\nTr\u00eas mulheres jovens em uma busca de identidade e auto-estima enquanto elas competem para o concurso Beleza Negra, em Salvador, Bahia.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nA traveling sideshow made up of a magician, a strongman and an exotic dancer stop in rural villages to mesmerize the townspeople and swindle whatever little money they may have.
\nUm circo intinerante feito de um m\u00e1gico, um fort\u00e3o e uma ex\u00f3tica dan\u00e7arina, viaja por pequenas cidades rurais na esperan\u00e7a de conseguir trocados por truques.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Ilha das Flores [Isle of Flowers]<\/strong>
\n(Jorge Furtado, 1989, Brasil, 13 mins)
\nThe life of a tomato: from the fields to the dump.
\nA vida de um tomate: da fazenda ao lixo.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong>Sunday, April 15 \u00b7 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(Glauber Rocha, 1969, 94 min)
\nA mercenary peacekeeper agrees to kill rebel soldiers but becomes increasingly drawn to their cause. This allegorical film uses the folklore of North Eastern Brazil as its narrative style of revolutionary ideology.
\nUm mercen\u00e1rio pacifista concorda em matar um rebelde, mas acaba convencido pela causa da v\u00edtima. O filme \u00e9 contado em alegoria, usando cordel, opera,m\u00fasicas e rituais folcl\u00f3ricos nordestinos para embalar a narrativa de ideologia revolucion\u00e1ria.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>City Under Water<\/strong> (Savana Vagueiro, 2011, 4 mins) *
\nA forgotten city and the people who visit it.
\nUma cidade esquecida e seus vistantes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong>Sunday, May 6 \u00b7 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(Lima Barreto, 1953, 105 min)
\nInspired by American westerns, this film narrates the times of the \u201ccangaceiros\u201d in the \u201csert\u00e3o\u201d (backcountry) in Northern Brazil. A group of bandits abduct a small town school teacher to ask for a ransom. But one of them falls in love and flees with her.
\nFilme inspirado nos Westerns Americanos, mas sem perder o jeitinho brasileiro, conta a hist\u00f3ria do cangaceiro Teodoro, que se apaixona pela professora raptada por sua gangue.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Fome [Hunger]<\/strong> (Carlos Vergara, 1972, 5 mins)
\nA Super-8 production made by renowned abstract artist Carlos Vergara early in his career.
\nUm filme em super 8 feito pelo renomado artista Carlos Vergara.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nZ\u00e9 do Caix\u00e3o est\u00e1 a procura da mulher perfeita pra dar luz a seu filho, e aterroriza uma pequena cidade com suas pr\u00e1ticas sad\u00edsticas.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Amor S\u00f3 de M\u00e3e [Love from Mother Only]<\/strong> (Dennison Ramalho, 2003, Brasil, 21 mins)<\/p>\n
\nUma hist\u00f3ria macabre de amor de m\u00e3e.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThe only movie made by film pioneer Mario Peixoto in the silent era. In a drifting small boat, two women and a man recall their recent pasts, involving desperation, prison and lost love.
\nEm um pequeno barco perdido no mar, duas mulheres e um homem revisitam o passado recente. Uma das mulheres escapou da pris\u00e3o, outra estava \u00e0 beira do desespero, enquanto o homem perdeu a mulher que amava.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Clarice\u2019s Cups<\/strong> (2011, Rita Piffer, 5 min) *<\/p>\n
\nUma lembran\u00e7a salta da x\u00edcara que Clarice est\u00e1 prestes a comprar.<\/em><\/p>\n