Antônio Pitanga Movies

Man leaves his family behind and moves to Nova Iguaçu, a poor and violent city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. He tries to rebuild his...

An authentically marginal cinema created in Catholic university in Brazil. One of the most intriguing and imaginative moments in modern cinema in the...

Based on historical facts, the film portrays the largest slave rebellion in Brazilian history, the Malê Revolt. The uprising mobilized the...

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.

An excerpt from Neville D'Almeida's debut feature "Jardim de Guerra" (1968), focusing on the Black Power speech made by a character played by Antonio...

"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public...

Vidigal Hill, 1977. A runaway group of bandits engage in a complex love triangle in the brink of the news that the corrupt Rio de Janeiro mayor...

In an overcrowded prision cell, each man has to make his own way and secure himself from the constant threat of sexual violence coming from the rest...

A gunman is hired to kill a corrupt politician. However, the agreement is canceled. Despite being a hired killer, the man takes his job seriously and...

In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé...

The story of how a quarrel between families set poor farmer Virgulino Ferreira da Silva on the path to become Lampião, the greatest leader of...

The film shows the resistance movement of the residents of Favela do Vidigal against the removal order, an important chapter in the history of Rio de...

A black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of Atafona. His biggest ambition is to stash enough...

The river is not the same. It has turned into contaminated mud. Residents of a fishing village face an uncertain future after the dam burst. Yara and...

Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black...

Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during...

In a remote part of the Amazon, a traveling photographer has an intense affair with a preacher's wife, but secrets from her past threaten to ruin...

Marina Lenk is an experienced synchronized diver. However, an attack of Tinnitus — an unbearable ringing sound in the ears — drags her...