Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something of a dandy, falling in love with Ci, a revolutionary who dies in an accidental bombing. After robbing a ruthless industrialist, Macunaima returns to his village where he finds his n

Year1969

CountryBrazil

DirectorJoaquim Pedro de Andrade

MovementCinema Novo Brazil

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Films like Macunaíma and Vidas Secas (Dry Lives) were huge for him. ‘They were talking about my country, my people,’ he says. ‘It was very powerful. And I still feel that. My films are not quite the same, but the spirit of social observation and trying to understand Brazil is there.’

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