Movies: Ruth de Souza

  • 1963
    O Cabeleira

    O Cabeleira (1963)

    O Cabeleira

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    Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil....

    O Cabeleira
  • 2018
    Inezita

    Inezita (2018)

    Inezita

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    Inezita
  • 1957
    Osso, Amor e Papagaios

    Osso, Amor e Papagaios (1957)

    Osso, Amor e Papagaios

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    A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold....

    Osso, Amor e Papagaios
  • 1987
    Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho

    Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho (1987)

    Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho

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    Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
  • 1959
    Ravina

    Ravina (1959)

    Ravina

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    A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her responsible for the tragedy, she decides to take revenge on both. Brazilian version of Brontë's Wuthering He...

    Ravina
  • 1960
    Death Commands Brigandage

    Death Commands Brigandage (1960)

    Death Commands Brigandage

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    A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her....

    Death Commands Brigandage
  • 2003
    A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe

    A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe (2003)

    A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe

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    A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
  • 2001
    Distraída para a Morte

    Distraída para a Morte (2001)

    Distraída para a Morte

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    Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence....

    Distraída para a Morte
  • 1994
    Eu, Mulher Negra

    Eu, Mulher Negra (1994)

    Eu, Mulher Negra

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    Prepared by the team of the Program for Training Black Researchers, The video brings together images and voices that talk about the reproductive health of black women, diseases taking into account the racial/ethnic background, habits, customs, the ph...

    Eu, Mulher Negra
  • 1956
    Quem matou Anabela?

    Quem matou Anabela? (1956)

    Quem matou Anabela?

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    Quem matou Anabela?
  • 2019
    Filhas de Lavadeiras

    Filhas de Lavadeiras (2019)

    Filhas de Lavadeiras

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    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 ancestors. Their memories, joys and sorrows become present as a possibility for a new fate, transforming the...

    Filhas de Lavadeiras
  • 2018
    Carolina Maria de Jesus

    Carolina Maria de Jesus (2018)

    Carolina Maria de Jesus

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    The documentary tells the story of writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, who became a success in the 60s and, since then, has inspired writers and artists such as Ruth de Souza, Zezé Motta and Conceição Evaristo....

    Carolina Maria de Jesus
  • 1961
    Bruma Seca

    Bruma Seca (1961)

    Bruma Seca

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    An executive inherits a mine and decides to visit it with his wife, with the help of an airplane pilot who knows the whole area. The group gets in trouble with the miners, and the situation escalates when they have to make a forced landing in the for...

    Bruma Seca
  • 1975
    Pureza Proibida

    Pureza Proibida (1975)

    Pureza Proibida

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    Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda....

    Pureza Proibida