Ruth de Souza Movies

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their...

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically...

In a desolate area of Brazilian mountainside, cut off from civilization, an old miner discovers a king-size diamond that he puts in his pocket rather...

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break...

Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an...