Glauber Rocha
| Glauber Rocha | |
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| Born |
14 March 1939 Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil |
| Died | 22 August 1981 (aged 42) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1959 – 1981 |
| Spouse(s) | Helena Ignez (1959-1961) |
| Awards |
FIPRESCI: 1967 Terra em Transe Prix de la mise en scène: 1968 O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film: 1977 Di |
Glauber de Andrade Rocha (14 March 1939 – 22 August 1981), better known as Glauber Rocha, was a Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter. He was a key figure of Cinema Novo and one of the most influential moviemakers of Brazilian cinema. His films Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (Black God, White Devil) and Terra em Transe (Entranced Earth) are often considered to be two of the greatest achievements in Brazilian cinematic history, being selected by Abraccine as, respectively, the second and fifth best Brazilian films of all-time.
The staunch avant-garde nature of his films made him a seminal figure of the cinematic revolution of the 1960s. His works are noted for their decisive political overtones, addressing the passive-aggressive situation of the Third World, which Rocha referred to both metaphorically and objectively as "hunger" in his essay Estética da Fome (The Aesthetics of Hunger). Rocha won the Prix de la mise en scène at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for Antonio das Mortes and the 1977 Special Jury Prize for Best Short Film for Di. Three of Rocha's films were nominated for the Palm d'Or, including Terra em Transe, which was awarded the FIPRESCI at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival and the Grand Prix of the Locarno Film Festival of the same year.
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