Rubens Gerchman
Director · 1942 – 2008 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rubens Gerchman (Rio de Janeiro, January 10, 1942 - São Paulo, January 29, 2008) was a Brazilian visual artist, of Swedish descent, linked to avant-garde trends such as psychedelicism and influenced by pop-art, art concrete and neoconcrete. The artist used football, television and political icons in his works.
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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.
Movie6.3DocumentaryDocumentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.