Jorge Amado Movies

For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more...

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought...

Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that exalts and honors the Bahian culture.

A three-part study that introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author Aimé Césaire, who coined the term "négritude"...

Vladimir Carvalho's Cinema of Inequality marked the documentary filmmaker's trajectory over decades of activity. Considered one of the most important...

Brazilan writer Jorge Amado and his everyday life.

Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin,...

Looks at the work of Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado (b.1944). In his monumental photo-essay, Workers, Salgado’s dominant theme is...

The agitated and tragic life of poet Castro Alves, and his romance with actress Eugênia Câmara.

Coralito is the wife of Paulino, who dies but never leaves her. Especially when she marries the town doctor, Hernán.