Movies: José Miguel Wisnik

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world. Unusual images, of burning trees or empty deserts, link...

After the death of his mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her native land. In a foreign land, he finds love and danger....

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Palavra (En)Cantada makes a journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing research of images....

A look of the 21st century for one of the most important cultural movements in Brazilian history. The production brings a mix of interviews, concerts, artistic interventions and actors in small sketches. An intersection of the social and artistic con...

The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us on another: that of his career, the ostracism with which he would be punished, his perpetual crusade...

Directed by Martin Ainstein as part of the "Destino Futebol" series, the documentary, produced by ESPN Films, tells the moving story of former player and doctor Sócrates, who passed away on December 4, 2011. The documentary features testimonies from...

A woman finds herself facing a situation where a strong desire would cause her to change her entire life. This and Ana Thereza's other personal questions serve as a starting point for addressing the main object of this documentary: desire. Not only i...

The art of Arrigo Barnabé, one of the pillars of the São Paulo experimental music scene during the 80's and author of critically acclaimed albums such as "Clara Crocodilo" (1980) and "Tubarões Voadores" (1984)....

Memories of Maura tells the story of a familiar relationship seen by the point of view of Alice, an eight years old girl, that had to move with her parents to her grandma's house Maura, that suffers with a degenerative disease. In this context Alice ...