Ruth de Souza Movies

Prepared by the team of the Program for Training Black Researchers, The video brings together images and voices that talk about the reproductive...

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...

Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for...

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

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

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

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...

Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an...

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

A drama about double personality

The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...