Carlos Diegues
Birthday: 1940-05-19 Place of Birth: Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Synopsis
Carlos José 'Cacá' Fontes Diegues is an award-winning Brazilian filmmaker and one of the founders of the Brazilian New Cinema (Cinema Novo) movement.
Acting
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967.
