1st Edition

Remapping Brazilian Film Culture in the Twenty-First Century

By Stephanie Dennison Copyright 2020
220 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 35 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Remapping Brazilian Film Culture makes a significant contribution not only to debates about Brazilian national cinema, but more generally about the development of world cinema in the twenty-first century. This book charts the key features of Brazilian film culture of the first two decades of the twenty-first century, including: the latest cultural debates within Brazil on film funding... Read more

Introduction

Part I

Chapter One: Making Films in Twenty-first-century Brazil

Chapter Two: Engaging With Audiences at Home and Abroad

Chapter Three: Women and Film Culture in Brazil

Chapter Four: Brazil’s LGBTQ Communities and Film Culture

Chapter Five: Afro-Brazilian Filmmaking in the Twenty-first Century

Chapter Six: Screening the Indigenous Experience in Brazil

Part II

Chapter Seven: Cinema and Public Security: The Elite Squad

Phenomenon (2007-2010)

Chapter Eight: Lúcia Murat’s Olhar Estrangeiro (2005) and the

representation of Brazil on Foreign Screens

Chapter Nine: Hope Springs From Rubbish: Trash (2014) and the

Garbage Aesthetic

Chapter Ten: A Cordial View from Brazil’s North East: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius (2016)

 

Epilogue

Biography

Stephanie Dennison is Professor of Brazilian Studies and directs the Centre for World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. She has published widely on both world cinema and Brazilian film: she co-authored with Lisa Shaw Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and Brazilian National Cinema (2007).