Amácio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil [electronic resource] : After Cinema Novo /
Bueno, E.author.
Amácio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the population usually either ignored or viewed with contempt by the established, experimental filmmakers.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Introduction -- Between a cow and a truck: transformation in Mazzaropi's first films -- The divided self: defining Brazil in race, language, and origin -- I believe in everything: religion, mysticism, god, the devil, and a white mare -- History, resistance, comedy -- On accordions, kisses, and foot odor: the gendered and the cosmic body in Mazzaropi's films -- Conclusion.
Amácio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the population usually either ignored or viewed with contempt by the established, experimental filmmakers.
Mazzaropi, Amácio, 1912-1981
Motion pictures and television.
Civilization-History.
Ethnology-Latin America.
Motion pictures-History.
America-History.
Motion pictures-Production and direction.
Screen Studies.
Cultural History.
Latin American Culture.
Film History.
History of the Americas.
Directing.