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João de Barros
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The Jew
"The Jew" is a classic of Portuguese literature written by Camilo Castelo Branco. Originally published in 1866, the narrative unfolds in four parts, originally in two volumes, spanning a family's story from 1699 to 1760. In the first volume, we are introduced to the ill-fated couple of lovers, Jorge de Barros and Sara de Carvalho, in the mid-1699s. Jorge, a member of a noble family in Portugal, faces the hatred and persecution of his own relatives, while Sara, whose parents were condemned to the stake by the Inquisition due to accusations of Judaism, seeks to conceal her true ancestry to avoid the same tragic fate. The plot unfolds amidst prejudices and adversities, but their story is linked...
Brazilian Cinema
From the documentary to the cinema novo and cannibalism, from Nelson Pereira dos Santos's Vidas Secas to music in the films of Glauber Rocha, this third, revised edition is a century-spanning introduction to the story of a medium that flourished in one of the most developed of 'underdeveloped' nations.
It’s All True
"This is an extremely rigorous, thorough piece of superior scholarship on one of the most important figures in the history of cinema. Benamou introduces a wealth of material on the production process and the repercussions of this project in Latin America, which have been entirely missing from earlier, auteur-centered accounts; this alone makes it a book of great importance. We can't ask for a more definitive, groundbreaking study than the one Benamou has given us."—Bill Nichols, author of Maya Deren and the American Avant-Garde
