History of Brazil

The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."

• Release date
• January 1, 1974
• Runtime
• 166 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Glauber Rocha

Cast

J

Jésus Histon Self - Narrator

E

Emilio Garrastazu Médici Self (archive)

H

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Self (archive) João Goulart Self (archive) Jânio Quadros Self (archive) Juscelino Kubitschek Self (archive) Getúlio Vargas Self (archive) Fidel Castro Self (archive)