BARRAVENTO
dir. Glauber Rocha, 1962
78 mins. Brazil.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 – 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 – 10 PM
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24 – 10 PM

“The Tricontinental cinema must infiltrate the conventional cinema and blow it up.” – Glauber Rocha

Shot on location in a highly stylized high-contrast black & white, Glauber Rocha’s debut film, BARRAVENTO (1962) tells the tragic tale of a man who tries to liberate his people from the mystical Candomblé religion, which he recognizes an oppressive tool of social and political control.

Screening in a new restoration. Special thanks to Kino Lorber.

Screening with:
ENTRE O MAR E O TENDAL
Dir. Alexandre Robatto Filho, 1953
21 mins. Brazil.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.

Dental surgeon Alexandre Robatto Filho had been filming documentary shorts in Salvador since the 1930s, but it was with ENTRE O MAR E O TENDAL that he refined and developed his authentic style. Shot in the Chega Nego and Carimbamba beaches, this short portrays the daily work of a fishing community as they catch xaréu fish (Caranx hippos).