Published: December 8, 2023; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa
Address: 205 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013, United States
Phone: +1 212-396-7301
Web: https://hunter.cuny.edu/about/campus-information/mfa-building/A film series celebrating Brazilian Cinema Marginal—or Udigrudi—directors and their underground scene from the 1960s through the 1980s. This series amplifies the discussion of film as a form of political activism related to the margins of Brazilian society. Heavily censored during the military dictatorship (1964–1985), many Udigrudi film directors struggled to find funding for their projects, leading to experimental narratives and raw visual aesthetics. Intentionally untamed, these filmmakers responded with pure emotive power to the paternalistic intellectualism of the contemporary Cinema Novo movement in Brazil.
O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (The Red Light Bandit, 1968) is inspired by the crimes of the namesake Brazilian criminal, who conducted a string of breaking-and-entries, assaults, and homicides in Brazil during the 1960s. Directed by Rógerio Sganzerla, the film reimagines the bandit as a modern Robin Hood in this jazzy neo-noir police thriller. Perhaps the most well-known of all Brazilian Cinema Marginal films, the story emblematically conflates criminality and romanticism in an anti-elite gesture.
Warning: Adult content may not be suitable for all audiences. View discretion is advised.
Screening in Portuguese with English subtitles.
Light refreshments are available.
Time: 7:30 pm EST
Free!
Detailed information and discussion of the event.