Movies: Luís Carlos Prestes

Documentary drama about the revolutionary Olga Benario...

The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves as the first civilian president after 20 years of military dictatorship....

Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes....

In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his country. This documentary provides an in-depth look through extensive archival researching and interviews of key fi...

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The film chronicles both the life and work of Brazilian author and engineer Euclides da Cunha and a failed attempt at directing his biopic in the 1980s and 1990s. Footage from the unfinished film is included alongside archive and documentary material...

Marias is a road movie that travels through Brazil and Russia in search of a woman that took part in great moments of the last century and had been made invisible by machismo and political persecution....

Prestes on May 1, 1987 at an event held by CUT in São Paulo....