Leon Hirszman
Leon Hirszman (Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 1937 — Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main exponents of the movement known as Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work is marked by the influence of central Marxist theses in political debates in Latin America and by the politicized representation of the working class.
ABC of a Strike
as SelfABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat...
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Cinema Novo
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as SelfOriginally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian...
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Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as Self (uncredited)Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that...
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