Eduardo Coutinho: A Cinema of Listening
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
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Last Conversations
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Master, A Building in Copacabana
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Metal Workers
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
Man Marked for Death, Twenty Years Later
Eduardo Coutinho
Brazil, 1984Thursday, February 25 7 PMView DetailsIntroduced 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, 2007Saturday, February 27 6 PMView DetailsIntroduced 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.
The Mighty Spirit
Eduardo Coutinho
Brazil, 1998Wednesday, March 2 7 PMView DetailsIntroduced 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.
Scavengers & Metal Workers
A special issue of Film Quarterly devoted to Coutinho launches between the features.
Thursday, March 10 6:30 PMView DetailsIntroduced 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.
Master, a Building in Copacabana
Eduardo Coutinho
Brazil, 2002Wednesday, April 6 7 PMView DetailsCoutinho 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.
The End and the Beginning
Eduardo Coutinho
Brazil, 2006Thursday, April 14 7 PMView DetailsIntroduced 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.
Last Conversations
Eduardo Coutinho
Brazil, 2015Friday, April 15 8 PMView DetailsIntroduced 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.