Abdias Nascimento Filmes

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

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European...

UFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent to the place, for there's a suspicion it might be...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the...

A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.

In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his...

The African deity that brought in Brazil Together with the blacks, Exu is known as the orixá of communication, the guard of the streets and...

"Negro em Mim" is an investigative documentary with black artists and thinkers in Brazil today. A portrait of a plural Brazil from the racial...

A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and...

In the set of a cine-biography featuring his own life & legacy, ABDIAS NASCIMENTO (aged 89) discusses aspects of Brazilian Negro cinema with the crew.