Leon Hirszman Movies

The history of Partido-Alto, a musical subgenre derived from Samba, with roots in the batucada of Bahia.

Film in four segments: "Colagem", "Balanço", "Bandeira Zero" and "Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia", having in common a...

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry...

Adelina Gomes, a poor girl, daughter of peasants, with a primary education and some manual training, shy and submissive to her mother, had never had...

Didactic documentary on the History of Brazil

A gang of bandits led by Faustão intervene in a fight between two members of rival families, the Pereiras and the Araújos. Henrique...

This film denounces the exploitation of natural resources by certain industries of extraction and transformation. This documentary is considered as...

Statistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land distribution in Brazil's countryside.

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose...

A documentary short on the 1978 Carnaval celebration in Rio de Janeiro, covering many aspects of the celebration's popular culture.