Ruth de Souza Movies

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on Brazilian culture, from the second half of the...

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break...

A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.

In a desolate area of Brazilian mountainside, cut off from civilization, an old miner discovers a king-size diamond that he puts in his pocket rather...

In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this...

A girl goes from a favela to the luxurious scenarios of the international singing industry

Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their...