João Batista de Andrade Movies

Starting from a starting point of a bus line, the film discusses the deficiencies of urban transport and the problems caused to workers. Interviews...

Documentary short focusing on the people of a poor São Paulo neighborhood, whose lives are made difficult by a large hole on the ground that...

Director João Batista de Andrade was filming a documentary about migrants coming from Northeast Brazil to São Paulo in search of a...

When Brazil finally came out from its dictatorship period, Tancredo Neves, the first civilian president after 20 years of military rule, got ill with...

A storyteller in Brasilia entertains the visitors of a bar with his narratives.

Vicente, a tax collector, is sent to a distant region to defy the dominion of Melo, a powerful landowner. When Melo's henchmen burn down the...

Inspired by the testimony of an American technician who, examining the São Paulo dump, stated: "Sao Paulo rubbish is the richest in the...

A panel of Brazilian political scenery in 1967, alternating images of the main events and politicians and specialists' statements about freedom of...

The film addresses the problem of occupational accidents in Brazil, based on the lack of safety in quarries where workers are constantly victimized...

Reconstruction of the life of Wilsinho, who was a dangerous criminal by the time he was 14. After getting arrested multiple times, he finally was...

The documentary tells the story of journalist Vladimir Herzog, nicknamed Vlado, who has been tortured and murdered during the repression years of...