Paulo Pontes
Actor · 1940 – 1976 · Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
Vicente de Paula Holanda Pontes (Campina Grande, November 8, 1940 — Rio de Janeiro, December 27, 1976), better known as Paulo Pontes, was a Brazilian playwright.
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MovieDocumentaryFollows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous Brazilian artists such as Nara Leão, Maria Bethânia, João do Vale and Millôr Fernandes.
Movie8.0DocumentaryDocumentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities.
Movie9.0DocumentaryThe confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region.
Viva Cariri
1970 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryDocuments the arrival of progress with the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway, to improve the living conditions of the people in the cities in the interior of the country. It also presents interviews with people from the region, who express their opinion about the benefits brought by the highway.
Rodovia Belém - Brasília
1973 · 2 votes
MovieDocumentaryThe process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará.
O Engenho
1970
Movie6.5DocumentaryIn the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called “bolandeiras”, are doomed to disappear.
A Bolandeira
1968 · 2 votes