Zezé Motta Movies

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories....

An industrial couple spends more than they can afford. In financial trouble, the husband Afraninho devises a strange kind of business, for foreign...

Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work.

A light-hearted and high-spirited story, full of spice, sensuality and romance, Viva Zapato tells the tale of Dolores, a beautiful Cuban dancer who...

Filmed over a five-year period, Chronically Unfeasible dissects Brazilian problems, using six people who meet in a restaurant in São Paulo as...

A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and...

Fiction based on a true story of Brazilian workers and people living near a pesticide plant, first owned by Shell and then by BASF, that suffered...

Mulher 80 emerged as a result of the success of 'Malu Mulher' (1979), a miniseries starring Regina Duarte, which addressed the female situation in...

A paradise for the eyes, the phrase defines the character's destination place, A Terra Sem Males. After walking through forests and ruins, she...

The Alemão community in Rio de Janeiro is known for its high crime rate. Once again, a team faces drug trafficking to try to carry out the...

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

A film on the feud between samba songwriters Noel Rosa and Wilson Batista.

Carolina Maria de Jesus. Her favela diary was a success in 1960. Despite her recognition, she died forgotten and poor.

During the slavery period in Brazil, a sugar cane farm was the stage for the darkest kinds of horrors. Years later, the place's cruel past is still...