Eduardo Coutinho: A Cinema of Listening

February 25–April 15, 2016

Stories told by everyday people about their lives—"films as conversations"—from legendary Brazilian documentarian Eduardo Coutinho (1933–2014).

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  • The End and the Beginning, Eduardo Coutinho (Brazil, 2006)

    The End and the Beginning

  • Last Conversations, Eduardo Coutinho (Brazil, 2015)

    Last Conversations

  • Master, a Building in Copacabana, Eduardo Coutinho (Brazil, 2002)

    Master, A Building in Copacabana

  • METAL WORKERS, EDUARDO COUTINHO (BRAZIL, 2004)

    Metal Workers

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Past Films

  • Man Marked for Death, Twenty Years Later

    Eduardo Coutinho
    Brazil, 1984
    Thursday, February 25 7 PM

    Introduced by Natalia Brizuela
    In 1964 Coutinho was shooting a feature on a farmworkers’ union leader when filming stopped due to a military coup; twenty years later, he uncovers what has happened in the lives of the people involved.

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    Eduardo Coutinho
    Brazil, 2007
    Saturday, February 27 6 PM

    Introduced by Brenno Kaneyasu Maranhão
    Twenty-three women speak about their lives; their stories provide the scripts for actresses who then play them, in Coutinho’s exploration of staging and acting.

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  • The Mighty Spirit

    Eduardo Coutinho
    Brazil, 1998
    Wednesday, March 2 7 PM

    Introduced by Natalia Brizuela
    Against the backdrop of the Pope’s 1997 visit, Coutinho investigates faith in Brazil, discovering a unique mix of Catholicism, Umbanda beliefs, and Evangelical traditions.

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  • Scavengers & Metal Workers

    A special issue of Film Quarterly devoted to Coutinho launches between the features.

    Thursday, March 10 6:30 PM

    Introduced by Natalia Brizuela
    Scavengers, on life and work in a garbage dump, is followed by a screening of Metal Workers, on the strikes that helped bring down the Brazilian dictatorship.

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  • Master, a Building in Copacabana

    Eduardo Coutinho
    Brazil, 2002
    Wednesday, April 6 7 PM

    Coutinho spends a week listening to tenants in an enormous lower-middle-class Rio de Janeiro apartment building and captures the stories of many colorful lives.

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  • The End and the Beginning

    Eduardo Coutinho
    Brazil, 2006
    Thursday, April 14 7 PM

    Introduced by João Moreira Salles
    A young girl becomes Coutinho’s guide through the lives of the aging inhabitants of a poor northeastern town in this poetic documentary on beginnings, endings, and life itself.

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  • Last Conversations

    Eduardo Coutinho
    Brazil, 2015
    Friday, April 15 8 PM

    Introduced by João Moreira Salles
    Coutinho’s “farewell” film, completed by Salles, showcases the master director engaged in conversations with Brazilian students about their lives and dreams, as well as his own thoughts on the practice of filmmaking.

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