History of Brazil

The story

The film, created in exile from 1971 to 1973 between Cuba and Rome, is considered a "semi-finished" work by Glauber Rocha. It has a certain pedagogical character and seeks, through dialectical editing, to conduct a critical review of colonization, class struggle, messianism, and the establishment of populist governments in the Third World. There is a chronology in the events presented, which, supported by extensive iconography (films, engravings, photos, etc.), create "free" associations that allow the viewer a "polyphonic" view of the "History of Brazil."

Cast & crew

Jésus Histon

Jésus HistonSelf - Narrator

Emilio Garrastazu Médici

Emilio Garrastazu MédiciSelf (archive)

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco

Humberto de Alencar Castelo BrancoSelf (archive)

João GoulartSelf (archive)

Jânio Quadros

Jânio QuadrosSelf (archive)

Juscelino KubitschekSelf (archive)

Getúlio VargasSelf (archive)

Fidel CastroSelf (archive)

Che GuevaraSelf (archive)

John F. KennedySelf (archive)

Jirges Ristum

Jirges RistumCast

Richard NixonSelf (archive)