Ferreira Gullar

Born: 1930-09-10

Ferreira Gullar, pseudonym of José Ribamar Ferreira (São Luís, September 10, 1930 – Rio de Janeiro, December 4, 2016), was a Brazilian writer, poet, art critic, biographer, translator, memoirist and essayist and one of the founders of neoconcretism. He was the candidate for chair 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in the vacancy left by Ivan Junqueira, of which he took office on December 5, 2014.


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ABC of a Strike

as Narrator
Released: 1990-02-15

ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat...

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Twenty Years Later

as Narrator
Released: 1984-12-03

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964,...

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Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol

as Narrador
Released: 1987-09-24

The episode dives into the mystical universe of Carlos Pertius, the son of a family of French...

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Glauber em Tempo - Redescobrindo o Brasil

as uncredited
Released: 2000-03-20

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Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta

as Self
Released: 2019-07-11

The intense life of Ferreira Gullar, one of the most influential poets in Brazil, is revisited...

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Oscar Niemeyer: Life is a Breath of Air

as Self
Released: 2007-01-14

A documentary made to coincide with Niemeyer's 100th birthday. The renowned architect talks...

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The Language of Persuasion

as Narrador
Released: 1970-01-01

Short documentary about the ideology of publicity and mass medias.

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Vinicius de Moraes

as Self
Released: 2005-11-01

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the...

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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth

as Self (voice)
Released: 2003-09-17

Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the...

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Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família

as Self
Released: 1983-10-09

A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few...

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Images of the Unconscious

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1987-01-01

In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in...

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O Velho - A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes

as Himself
Released: 1997-05-07

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

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Câncer

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-01

This film shows people with constant psychological and social conflicts: the violence among...

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The Memory Thread

as Narrator
Released: 1991-12-31

A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate...

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Lima Barreto: Trajetória

as Narrador
Released: 1966-01-01

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Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1968-01-01

In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the...

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Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1976-05-01

Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three...

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Memórias do Grupo Opinião

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-05-15

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian...

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Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1976-05-01

Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three...

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The Heirs

as Davi Martins
Released: 1970-09-15

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until...

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Desesperato

as uncredited
Released: 1968-03-17

Directed by Sérgio Bernardes Filho, "Desesperato" tells the story of a writer (Raul Cortez) who...

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Plano B

as uncredited
Released: 2014-04-21

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HO

as Self
Released: 1979-01-01

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, especially...

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Utopia and Barbarism

as uncredited
Released: 2009-01-10

The world post-World War II and its transformations; the utopias that were created and the...

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O Aleijadinho

as Narrator
Released: 1978-01-01

O Aleijadinho, a study of the work of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, the architect whose cathedral de...

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Maioria Absoluta

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1964-01-09

Statistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land...

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On Borrowed Time

as Chefe da redação
Released: 1968-11-26

During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estêvão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to...

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A Raça Síntese de Joãosinho Trinta

as uncredited
Released: 2009-10-04

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Estrada de Sonhos

as himself
Released: 2015-04-11

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O Brasil de Darcy Ribeiro

as uncredited
Released: 2014-04-02

Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship.

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Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1975-01-01

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Plantar nas Estrelas

as narrador
Released: 1978-01-01

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Poema Sujo

as Self
Released: 2010-09-20

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Gabeira

as Ferreira Gullar
Released: 2017-11-23

Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando...

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Vianinha

as uncredited
Released: 1987-09-14

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1964: 40 Years After

as uncredited
Released: 2004-01-01

Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart,...

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Darcy, um Brasileiro

as Self
Released: 2013-05-19

Darcy Ribeiro was a renowned anthropologist, politician and writer. In this documentary, Maria...

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O Guesa

as Narrador
Released: 1969-01-01

"Life and work of the Maranhense poet Sousândrade (1833-1902), illustrated with engravings on...

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Dossiê Jango

as Self
Released: 2013-07-05

João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was...

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The Inventor of Dreams

as uncredited
Released: 2010-01-01

Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer...

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João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece

as Self
Released: 2005-01-02

Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends,...

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