Ruth de Souza Movies

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers...

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

A writer who specializes in exposing fake witchcraft journeys to Brazil to investigate a voodoo cult.

A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide....

Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.

Moments before a father's death, all of his family memories are transferred to his son through a dream, from the first ancestor, an Englishman living...

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.

Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an...

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational...

In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this...

A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.

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

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...