History of Brazil (1974)
The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."
- Released
- 1974-01-01
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 166 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Glauber Rocha
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Jésus Histon as Self - Narrator
- Emilio Garrastazu Médici as Self (archive)
- Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco as Self (archive)
- João Goulart as Self (archive)
- Jânio Quadros as Self (archive)
- Juscelino Kubitschek as Self (archive)
- Getúlio Vargas as Self (archive)
- Fidel Castro as Self (archive)
- Che Guevara as Self (archive)
- John F. Kennedy as Self (archive)
- Jirges Ristum
- Richard Nixon as Self (archive)