Canal Brasil Movies

This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual...

City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles...

The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him...

Nothing Like Before delves into the creation of the Clube da Esquina Album (Brazil, 1972). Considered by many music critics one of the best albums of...

Bob Spit, a comic book character, lives in a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary Brazilian cartoonist Angeli. When...

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of...

When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request:...

The inhabitants of the Brazilian city of Contagem yearn for a better life. At the core of it all is Selma, a woman dreaming about the heart of the...

Filmmaker Roberto Farias' passion for cinema is revealed by his daughter Marise Farias through an intimate look, from childhood to his political,...

Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President...

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from...

As head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Brazilian diplomat José Bustani became an obstacle in America’s...

The city of Rio de Janeiro in the films of Nelson Pereira dos Santos contextualized by critic Rodrigo Fonseca.

Chacrinha's legacy on TV and excerpts from his personal life are revealed through testimonials and archive images, which tell the story behind the...

The film promotes the meeting of two characters that could be opposites: Móveis Coloniais de Acaju, a band with an unusual sound and doomed to...

Zeca tries to get up early to catch the bus and arrive an hour and a half later at the neighboring town’s school, where he works as a...

In a place taken by poverty, Aparecida lives full of dreams and hope. While her husband leads a bitter life caused by a tragedy from the past, she...

An encounter of novelist Lúcio Cardoso and poet Murilo Mendes haunting ghosts with their characters.

A documentary on Boca do Lixo, a dowtown São Paulo square that became a tentpole for film distribution on the early 20th century, becoming,...

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants...