Henrique Dantas
Directing
Known For
A street singer, a former prostitute and her jealous husband, two thieves, a teacher and two children. All strangers. All in the same place. Five stories that could be one: the search for what we call happiness.
Estranhos
Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life, the documentary revelation of the artist from his own lines, mined in old magazines.
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
A panorama of Brazilian popular music from the 60s and 70s through the musical group Novos Baianos. A retrospective of the community lifestyle adopted by its members and the influence inherited from singer João Gilberto.
Filhos de João, O Admirável Mundo Novo Baiano
A series of interviews of torture survivors from Brazil dictorship are mixed with performance.
A Noite Escura da Alma
All the lives of Cora Coralina in a poetic narrative in the voices, feelings and interpretations of six generations of great Brazilian actresses. A polyphony of the voices that inhabited Cora, revealed in prose, verse and images with its immense literary talent and human content. The film reveals the trajectory of Cora Coralina, from her childhood years to getting married and leaving Goiás, from the long period of 45 years lived in different cities in the state of São Paulo and her return to the City of Goiás, when she revealed herself to Brazil with the strength of his poetry.
Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas
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Ser Tão Cinzento
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Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
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Sagrado Compor
The feature film “Anti-Heróis do Udigrudi Baiano” focuses on experimental works produced in the marginal cinema movement in Bahia, including works such as “Meteorango Kid”, “Caveira My Friend”, “Anjo Negro” and “Superoutro”, among others, which explore the trajectory of disruptive characters, on the margins of society, with irreverent movements guiding the narratives and concepts that this generation proposed.
Anti-heróis do udigrudi baiano
Inspired in "Os Sertões" by Euclides da Cunha, this film tells the saga of the last survivors of the Canudos war.
Na Terra do Sol
In the military dictatorship, many political prisoners were tortured and killed by the Brazilian army. In Bahia, those who survived were transferred to the Lemos Brito penitentiary complex.