Leon Hirszman Movies
- 1981
They Don't Wear Black Tie
They Don't Wear Black Tie8.21981HD
Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião,...
- 1965
The Deceased
The Deceased7.21965HD
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects...
- 1987
Images of the Unconscious
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In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious...
- 2014
Afterword: Images of the Unconscious
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Dialoguing directly with the trilogy of documentaries “Images of the Unconscious”, made between 1983 and 1986 and based on clinical cases...
- 1964
Maioria Absoluta
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Statistics, interviews and historical information on illiteracy and inequality in land distribution in Brazil's countryside.
- 1987
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes01987HD
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...
- 2016
Cinema Novo
Cinema Novo6.72016HD
A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main...
- 2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
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Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...
- 1990
ABC of a Strike
ABC of a Strike7.61990HD
ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of...
- 1967
The Girl from Ipanema
The Girl from Ipanema6.21967HD
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties...
- 1987
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol01987HD
The episode dives into the mystical universe of Carlos Pertius, the son of a family of French immigrants, hospitalized at the age of 29. After facing...
- 1996
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Bahia de Todos os Sambas01996HD
Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings...
- 1973
Megalopolis
Megalopolis6.31973HD
An analysis of the phenomenon of accelerated urbanization in Brazil, and more particularly in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
- 1972
S. Bernardo
S. Bernardo7.41972HD
The story of Paulo Honório, a poor ploughman who becomes a rich farmer. Obsessed by his desire to get even richer, he doesn't pay much...
- 1962
Cinco Vezes Favela
Cinco Vezes Favela7.51962HD
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
- 1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo7.51967HD
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
- 1976
Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau51976HD
Between 1974 and 1976, while researching for his filme "S. Bernardo", Leon Hirszman shot three documentary shorts produced by the Brazilian Ministry...
- 1963
The Beggars
The Beggars01963HD
- 1969
América do Sexo
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Film in four segments: "Colagem", "Balanço", "Bandeira Zero" and "Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia", having in common a...
- 1969
Nelson Cavaquinho
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A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose...