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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
BRAZIL · 1967

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Brazilian New Wave Cinema Novo movement Film directors 1960s cinema Rio de Janeiro
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Synopsis

Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.

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