Nelson Pereira dos Santos

During the Second World War, the U.S.A. established a military base in Natal, Brazil, changing in many ways people's lives and behavior. (imdb)

The adventures of Pedro, a musician who is trying his luck in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1950's. He leaves his hometown Belo Horizonte to share a lodging with his brother Carlos in Rio. During one of his gigs, he meets Arlete, a singer in a vocal group and fall in love.

Cinema Novo is a movie-essay that investigates poetically the most important movement of Latin America cinema, through the thoughts of its main auteurs: Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Glauber Rocha, Leon Hirszman, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Ruy Guerra, Walter Lima Jr., Paulo César Saraceni, among others. (imdb)

German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon Hirszman preparing the script for "Garota de Ipanema"; Glauber Rocha shooting "Terra em Transe"; Arnaldo Jabor editing "A Opinião Pública"; Nelson Pereira shooting "El Justicero"; the rushes and voice-looping sessions of "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo"; and the opening of "A Grande Cidade". (imdb)

For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. The film shows us the man behind the camera. Through his legacy it is possible to see all the richness of Brazilian culture. (imdb)