Tata Amaral
Director · b. 1960 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Márcia Lellis de Souza Amaral, known as Tata Amaral (São Paulo, September 19, 1960), is a Brazilian filmmaker.
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Movie5.0DocumentaryIn 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
MovieDocumentaryTV MovieOn the day of her mother's wake, filmmaker Tata Amaral's uncle tells her a surprising story: in his youth, her father, Joaquim, had been a wealthy man but ran into an unexplained problem and was forced to flee to Mato Grosso. The filmmaker sets out to explore this past—spanning the 1940s and 1950s—and uncovers a family secret. Beyond the technical revelations of the criminal case, there is a journey of emotional self-discovery that begins at her mother's wake and concludes at her father's grave. Through her camera, she seeks to clear Joaquim's name.
O Rei do Carimã
2009
MovieDocumentaryPassages showcases Brazilian films in which the utilisation of artforms and media such as literature, painting, theatre, music, photography, radio and television, functions as a 'passage' to political and social reality.