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Raízes do Brasil (2004)

Raízes do Brasil (2004)

Documentary
Release Date: 2004, March 19
Directors: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Countries: Brazil
Production: Regina Filmes
Cast: Bebel Gilberto, Carlinhos Brown, Chico Buarque, Antônio Cândido, Miúcha, Sílvia Buarque, Paulo Vanzolini

Overview:

Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author used to pass his days with family and friends, while the second offers a historical panorama of the times, including his reaction to Nazism and the years of Vargas’ dictatorship, and the arrival of the modernist movement in Brazil.