Enjoy three free nights of contemporary Brazilian film this week at the Tivoli Theatre (6350 Delmar), presented by the Kemper Art Museum in conjunction with the Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other exhibition. The films all start at 7 pm and are in Portuguese with English subtitles.
Tuesday, Dec. 7: Aboio (2005)
Directed by Marília Rocha
For centuries, cowboys in the Brazilian outback have employed aboio – a kind of plaintive, wordless song – to communicate with their cattle. Yet today, this largely improvised form is on the verge of extinction. Rocha’s award-winning documentary, at once simple and immersive, explores the age-old phenomenon as well as the lives and imaginations of the cattle drivers for whom it emerges as a form of coded language. watch the trailer >>
Wednesday, Dec. 8: Andarilho (Drifter) (2007)
Directed by Cao Guimarães
Between the cities of Montes Claros and Pedra Azul, three lonely drifters follow different paths, each establishing intimate relationships in a transitory world. This second installment in Guimarães’ planned trilogy about solitude continues the director’s daring visual exploration of existential themes. With its breathtaking images of human forms set amidst stunning landscapes, Andarilho captures the relationship between thought and movement, geography and introspection. watch the trailer >>
Thursday, Dec. 9: Terras (Land) (2009)
Directed by Maya Da-Rin
The result of three years of research, travel and filming, Terras investigates the convergence of wilderness and urbanization in the remote Amazonian region where Brazil, Colombia and Peru meet. Exploring the lives of urban dwellers in the bustling new cities of Letícia and Tabatinga as well as the indigenous tribes who live in the surrounding rain forest, the film is at once an eye-opening view of cultural difference and a subtle inquiry into the impact of urbanized growth in an ecologically fragile region. watch the trailer >>