Silvino Santos
Directing
Biography
Silvino Simões Santos Silva (1886 - 14 May 1970) was a Portuguese-born cinematographer and photographer who emigrated and worked in Brazil.
Known For
Documentary by Portuguese Silvino Santos, about the Amazon, its flora, fauna, its inhabitants and among other wonderful images from the beginning of the 20th century with alternating close-up shots of caimans, jaguars and tropical flora with footage of Indigenous rituals--including some of the earliest known moving images of the Indigenous Witoto people--and longer sequences showcasing the region’s extractive industries: rubber, the Brazil nut, timber, fishing, even the egret feathers that were a staple of women’s fashion at the time.
Amazon: Longest River in the World
The film presents aspects of Rio Negro and Rio Branco, showing the services of Dr. H. Rice's expedition.
No Rastro do Eldorado
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A Balata
"No País das Amazonas" begins showing the indigenous people of Amazonas. Then, it presents the economical activities showing each step in the production line of the incipient local industries, inclusive with the exit of workers from a factory in the end of the working period. The documentary shows also the boats on the river, the fishing of manatee ("peixe-boi") and preparation of the flesh with salt, the rubber trees, the extraction and each step of the preparation until the rubber mattress is ready to be exported, the Brazilian chestnuts, guaraná and smoke and the insects.
In the Land of the Amazons
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Belezas do Rio e a Exposição de 1922
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Cenas da região Norte e da Exposição de 1922 na Capital Federal
It tells of the filmmaker Silvino Santos' trip to Portugal in 1927, five years after he made "No Paiz das Amazonas". He also inserts footage in the state of Amazonas, such as children playing on the Madeira River, duck hunters, duck preparation for dinner, and scenes of Parintintins Indians.
Filmogrammas nº 7
Film by Brazilian director Silvino Santos