Affonso Beato Movies

Documentary on "Antonio das Mortes", Glauber Rocha's 1969 film.

"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.

A vision of the different forms of handicraft production in the interior of Paraíba.

The story of a civil servant who lives with his elderly mother. Falling in love with a corrupt politician's young and rich daughter, he abandons...

Just when he's beginning to take his perfect life and marriage for granted, John discovers that he's the result of a failed government experiment to...

A profile of composer, performer, and author Elizabeth Swados, inter-cutting scenes of the artist at work and in travel with personal reflections and...

Artist Heitor dos Prazeres talks about his life as a painter and samba musician.

Focuses on the performance of various elite athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979. Athletes showcased in the...

Short film about the life and career of the notorious Brazilian writer Lima Barreto.

A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto...

Fernanda is content with her life until she meets Miguel, a drug addict, bisexual male prostitute. She becomes captivated by him and leaves her...

The origins of "cangaço", armed brigands in the Northeast between 1935 and 1939, interviews with some survivors of the fighting, police and...

Enterprising youths live many adventures when they decide to start a business specializing in making video clips for rock groups.

The documentary follows a caravan of acrobats through the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, presenting the situation of circuses in Brazil through...

Alice faces a lot of trouble to make a film about artist Marcel Duchamp. She randomly chooses musician Antônio for the main part, and ends up...

The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region.